Words in Pain: Letters on Life and Death

First Published Anonymously In 1919, These Letters From A Dying Woman To Her Doctor Display An Attitude To Death Which Is Fiercely Independent Of Religion But Full Of Hope. The Book Will Appeal To Diverse Readers: It Is A Picture Of Family Life And Love, Interspersed With Clear-headed Musings On The Nature Of Illness, Loss And Death; It Illuminates The Development Of Rationalist Thought, Humanism And Liberal Education And The History Of Adoption; And It Providescomfort For Those Who Try To Come To Terms With Dying, Without Religion To Cushion The Blow. As Her Dialogues Withthe Doctor, A Christian, Show, Jacoby Is Witty And Erudite, And Rails Against The Dogmas Of Organised Religion Whileespousing A Passionate Morality.