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Chasing Daylight. How My Forthcoming Death Transformed My Life (UK Edition)
Taschenbuch von Eugene O'Kelly
Sprache: Englisch

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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

Chasing Daylight is the honest, touching, and ultimately inspirational memoir of former KPMG CEO Eugene O'Kelly, completed in the three and a half months between his diagnosis with brain cancer and his death in September 2005. It's haunting yet extraordinarily hopeful voice reminds us to embrace the fragile, fleeting moments of our lives: the brief time we have with our family, our friends, and even ourselves. Glimpse the strategies Gene embraced to accept and live the final stages of his life with vibrancy and calm - and what his preparations for death taught him about life.

This paperback edition features a new foreword by his wife, Corinne O'Kelly and a readers' group guide and questions

"A moving memoir" The Times
"Challenging and thought-provoking" The Financial Times
"[A] well-written and moving book." The [...]
"Voicing universal truths not often found in business or how-to tracts...[O'Kelly] made a success out of his final mission."-Janet Maslin, The New York Times

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

Chasing Daylight is the honest, touching, and ultimately inspirational memoir of former KPMG CEO Eugene O'Kelly, completed in the three and a half months between his diagnosis with brain cancer and his death in September 2005. It's haunting yet extraordinarily hopeful voice reminds us to embrace the fragile, fleeting moments of our lives: the brief time we have with our family, our friends, and even ourselves. Glimpse the strategies Gene embraced to accept and live the final stages of his life with vibrancy and calm - and what his preparations for death taught him about life.

This paperback edition features a new foreword by his wife, Corinne O'Kelly and a readers' group guide and questions

"A moving memoir" The Times
"Challenging and thought-provoking" The Financial Times
"[A] well-written and moving book." The [...]
"Voicing universal truths not often found in business or how-to tracts...[O'Kelly] made a success out of his final mission."-Janet Maslin, The New York Times

Über den Autor
Eugene O'Kelly started at KPMG as an assistant accountant in 1972 and ended his 30-plus year career as CEO, in which capacity he served from April 2002 to June 2005 before becoming a Senior Partner of the firm.

He passed away on the 10th September 2005.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
A Gift
The Bottom Line
The Business of Dying Is Hard
The Best Death Possible
The Good Good-bye
Transition .
Chasing Daylight By Corinne O'Kelly
Afterword By Corinne O'Kelly .
A Reader's Guide
Questions for Discussion
A Conversation with Corinne O'Kelly
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Genre: Biographien, Importe
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780077118471
ISBN-10: 0077118472
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: O'Kelly, Eugene
Hersteller: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu, Ansas Meyer, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de
Maße: 203 x 129 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Eugene O'Kelly
Erscheinungsdatum: 16.11.2007
Gewicht: 0,266 kg
Artikel-ID: 101903649
Über den Autor
Eugene O'Kelly started at KPMG as an assistant accountant in 1972 and ended his 30-plus year career as CEO, in which capacity he served from April 2002 to June 2005 before becoming a Senior Partner of the firm.

He passed away on the 10th September 2005.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
A Gift
The Bottom Line
The Business of Dying Is Hard
The Best Death Possible
The Good Good-bye
Transition .
Chasing Daylight By Corinne O'Kelly
Afterword By Corinne O'Kelly .
A Reader's Guide
Questions for Discussion
A Conversation with Corinne O'Kelly
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Genre: Biographien, Importe
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780077118471
ISBN-10: 0077118472
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: O'Kelly, Eugene
Hersteller: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu, Ansas Meyer, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de
Maße: 203 x 129 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Eugene O'Kelly
Erscheinungsdatum: 16.11.2007
Gewicht: 0,266 kg
Artikel-ID: 101903649
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