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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
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
He passed away on the 10th September 2005.
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
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2007 |
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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 |
He passed away on the 10th September 2005.
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
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 |