“A Good Life : The Power of Palliative Care” by Jerry Pinto
Pain is fundamental to our existence, signalling what requires our attention. But while pain is inevitable, suffering does not need to be. Palliative care aims to reduce both the pain and suffering associated with serious illnesses.
In this sensitively written book, award-winning writer, Jerry Pinto delves into the realm of palliative care through intimate stories of patients, families and devoted caregivers. Most likely having been a caregiver himself, he writes with a gentle kindness and a sympathy that only one who has been in that role, can see that which remains mostly invisible to most of our communities. With the portraits and the testimonies that he weaves into A Good Life, Pinto transforms the text into a moving exploration of hope and humanity, making it an essential read.
Read an extract from the book on Moneycontrol. The book is published by Juggernaut.
Jerry Pinto is the author of Em and the Big Hoom (winner of the Hindu Literary Prize and the Crossword Book Award for Fiction) and Helen: The Life and Times of an H-Bomb (winner of the National Award for the Best Book on Cinema).His other works include translations from Marathi of the autobiographies of Daya Pawar (Baluta), Malika Amar Shaikh (I Want to Destroy Myself) and Vandana Mishra (I, the Salt Doll), as well as Sachin Kundalkar’s novel (Cobalt Blue). He has also written two books of poetry. Jerry Pinto was awarded the prestigious Windham-Campbell Prize in 2016.
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