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Video: Life in Unraveling

Video recording of the powerful event in honor of Hanna's book, featuring readings from "Bedsores and Bliss" and from guest authors and poets. Together they helped us grapple with questions of living fully when things are unraveling

Living End Celebration

See the livestream video of Hanna's "Living End of Life Celebration!" It was a profound, joyful and tearful day as SO many people came together to celebrate Hanna's life and voice, and to practice holding grief in community.

Bedsores and Bliss! Print and eBook!

The first book from our featured voice, Hanna du Plessis, is now available in paperback and eBook. "Bedsores and Bliss" is a remarkable collection of writings from inside a terminal diagnosis.

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Bedsores and Bliss

This chapbook holds a curated collection of Hanna's writing from her experience living with a diagnosis of ALS. A rare glimpse of the details of life with a fading body and fierce determination to life fully. Brave and funny.

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Boppa’s Bald Stories

This man got bald thirteen different ways! So his wife wrote a book. Here are thirteen whimsically illustrated stories about how Granddad got bald. A fabulous bedtime book.

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Hanna du Plessis

Our first featured voice is Hanna du Plessis, whose impact on people, communities, and the practice of social change is immeasurable.