From the Book - First Scribner hardcover edition.
Pt. 1: The stroke. Along came a blackbird ; A year of grace ; Rites of passage
Pt. 2: Fast medicine. The tyranny of hope ; Inventing lifesaving and transforming death ; My father's open heart
Pt. 3: Ordeal. Not getting better ; Dharma sisters ; Broke-down palace ; White water
Pt. 4: Rebellion. The sorcerer's apprentice ; The business of lifesaving ; Deactivation
Pt. 5: Acceptance. The art of dying ; Afterward
Pt. 6: Grace. Valerie makes up her mind ; Old plum tree bent and gnarled
Pt. 7: Into the light. A better way of death ; A map through the labyrinth ; Notes for a new art of dying.
