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One Hundred Guinea Pigs
Paperback
Publisher Price: $17.95
ISBN13: 9781917260244
Publisher: Charco Press
Published: Jul 14 2026
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.10 Depth: 7.70
Language: English
Friendship makes life worth living, and worth ending too.
Eufrasia Vela is a caregiver--it's not just her job. But when she begins working with Doña Carmen, a bedridden elderly woman who spends her days staring out the window at her now-obstructed view of the sea, she confronts the limits to her ability to help. That is, until Doña Carmen makes a big, last request: to transform her caretaking from helping her stay alive to helping her die. A good death has much in common with a good life, after all, and incapacity, loneliness, and isolation are devastations that a compassionate friend can help ease. Dignity, community, respect, and generosity--they're what Eufrasia offers her clients, and what their friendship offers her. One Hundred Guinea Pigs is the lifegiving, warmhearted novel about euthanasia you didn't know you needed.
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