Summary of Nina Riggs's The Bright Hour

By IRB Media

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#1 When I was diagnosed with terminal breast cancer, I was thirty-eight years old. I was told that dying isn’t the end of the world, and that there are many things worse than death. But the beautiful, vibrant world goes on.

#2 I was reminded of a story I heard on NPR about a team-building exercise that an employer in South Korea was using to raise worker morale. The employees dress in long robes and sit at desks. Each writes a letter to a loved one as if it were their last correspondence. Sniffling and even outright weeping are acceptable. Next to each desk is a big wooden box. But not an ordinary wooden box: a coffin.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 20, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669388111

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