Glint of Light: 23 End-Of-Life Stories

by Carolyn Rohrbach, Torunn Larsen (Illustrator)

Reflecting on her experience as a hospice spiritual counselor, Carolyn shares how her most memorable patients
navigated their own end-of-life journeys. Showing readers how we are most ourselves as we depart, she provides a poignant understanding of death, dying and the grieving process. Guided by her compassion, humor, candor, and warmth, we are inspired to question our thoughts and attitudes about mortality. Glint of Light is a hopeful book, ultimately reminding us that our human connections are stronger than even death itself.

174 pages, Paperback

Published April 18, 2023

Reviews

[Joy Moore · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a gorgeous book. Truly lovely. Death is just as much of a process as birth. And we will die the way we lived. ❤️

[Rid · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is for anyone who has loved and lost. Anyone who has watched a loved one embrace death gracefully, or not so gracefully, can relate to at least one, if not all, of these unique reflections. It was a cathartic read for seeking closure, understanding, and acceptance of all things death.

Carolyn Rohrback paints a unique and vivid perspective of death through letters written to hospice patients she has taken care of throughout her career. In this powerful work, Rohrback immortalizes 23 people through reflection on her experiences with them as they neared death. By remembering not their lives, but the fleeting moments leading up to their deaths, it’s a stark look into one of the most vulnerable, and inevitable, points of the human experience. Death, much like life, is an experience unique to each person and each of these short stories truly embodies that uniqueness.

I really felt like I was dancing with thoughts of my own mortality as I remembered the deaths of those that have had an impact on my life. I felt like I got an up close and personal look at death, gaining a new respect for the process, and people, involved in end of life care.

[Katya Cengel · Rating 5 out of 5]

In Glint of Light author Carolyn Rohrbach offers readers a rare chance to witness death. In 23 short vignettes Carolyn recounts the painful, peaceful and traumatic ends of individuals she met through her work as a Hospice Spiritual Counselor. Her compassion and empathy are apparent in the way she chooses to describe these endings, even the brutal ones. There is nothing repetitive in these pieces, they are as individual as the lives the dying lived. For a book about death, this one is strangely uplifting, offering a sense of peace for readers by letting them in on the secret of dying. I will let readers discover that secret for themselves.

[Wendi Lee · Rating 5 out of 5]

A beautiful, thought provoking glimpse into the various ways people deal with the end of life.

[Renee]

“we humans tend to die the way we live”