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A Tour of Bones
- Facing Fear and Looking for Life
- Narrated by: Elisabeth Rodgers
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
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Summary
Author, academic, and adventurer, Denise Inge grew up in a large and rambunctious family on the east coast of America. She crossed the Sahara, charmed snakes in Marrakech and cycled the Adirondack mountains, but her latest adventure is an interior one. It starts with the discovery that her house is built on a crypt full of human skeletons. Facing her fear of these strangers' bones takes her to other charnel houses in Europe and on a journey into the meaning of bones themselves. This exploration, though it began before her diagnosis with an inoperable sarcoma, takes on a new significance when the question of living well in the face of mortality abruptly ceases to be hypothetical. A Tour of Bones is a passionate testament to the conviction that living is more than not dying, and that contemplating mortality is not about being prepared to die but about being prepared to live.
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-05-24
Unusual and Challenging
This is an account of a woman’s quest to face and understand death, the value of life, and face her own mortality. Her unusual circumstances prompt a physical and spiritual journey. Her search for understanding is via charnel houses, ossuaries and burial grounds. Looking at bones, seeing skulls, considering the way the living treat the dead, she faces death. Then faces death again when diagnosed with cancer.
This is a poetic and philosophical account of the challenge of death and the meaning death gives to life. It is a rather beautiful, often moving journey. I am pleased to have listened to it, It offers much to think on.
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- Bj Edwards
- 01-12-16
Humility
Having been in love with, and visited Worcester cathedral many times, its archaeology was only partially known to me. The concept of a charnal house fascinated me, so coming across this book, after a chat with the bishop of Worcester, was a delight. The book is beautifuly and elegantly written. It is both thought provoking and thoughtful. Well worth a read.
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