Summary of Rachel Clarke's Dear Life

By IRB Media

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#1 As a child, I was terrified of dying, but was too absorbed in the business of living to consider death. Death was only ever presented to me in the form of media entertainment.

#2 As a child, I was terrified of dying, but was too absorbed in the business of living to consider death. Death was only ever presented to me in the form of media entertainment.

#3 Death is presented to us in the media as something that can be avoided. But for those of us who are preoccupied with living, death can seem like the most attractive option.

#4 Death is presented to us in the media as something that can be avoided. But for those of us who are preoccupied with living, death can seem like the most attractive option.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Sep 28, 2022
• ISBN: 9798350029550

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

When I was a kid, I was terrified of dying. I was too absorbed in living to think about death. Death was presented to me through illicit entertainment: old black-and-white Tarzan movies on BBC television.

#2

Death by Dalek, werewolf, cyborg, or shark was the highlight of British television for a child of the 1970s. But my father told me a story that made death feel very close to home. His specialty was to put people to sleep, which he did with mysterious vapours.

#3

The story was not like that at all. Dad was a young doctor who was assigned to the sickbay of the ship where the two casualties were brought. He tried to make them feel positive, knowing full-thickness burns over this extent of the body was fatal.

#4

My father, a doctor, was unable to practice kindness, which is what he seemed to be doing when he lied to the two young naval ratings about their chances of survival. His actions that day were an attempt to eke out some quality of life for them, even though death was approaching them rapidly.

#5

As a child, I was aware that doctors did things to you without permission or mercy. I was also addicted to my father’s stories of doctoring, but I was also aware that doctors did things to you without permission or mercy.

#6

I could have died as a child, but was saved by my parents’ quick reactions. I had broken my humerus, and the impact had snapped off the head of my arm bone. I had been