My Last Wishes...

Have you ever thought about who will be at your funeral? Who will read your eulogy, or what your obituary will say? How about who will take care of your precious mutt, Lester? Formatted like a journal and intermingled with tips from professionals and amusing anecdotes, MY LAST WISHES gives readers an opportunity to fill in all this information and more. It allows them not only to plan their "last party," but also to make the planning process less painful for their loved ones, who otherwise would've had to play a guessing game. Author Joy Meredith takes a fresh approach to end–of–life planning by making the book a practical guide as well as an opportunity to examine and reflect on your own life with journal entries such as, "What is your biggest accomplishment?" and "What is your biggest regret?" What's more, the book also helps you to enhance your life RIGHT NOW with chapters like "Finish the Unfinished," for example, where readers are guided through the freeing process of making amends and letting go of conflict. Playful, pragmatic, and lightly spiritual, MY LAST WISHES takes a sensitive subject and makes it charmingly accessible.

Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Self-Help, Nonfiction, Fiction. Those themes offer useful points of attention as the characters, ideas, or world develop, especially where the book complicates the expectations of its primary category.