Tanya Shadrick on learning that life is short
The Wintering Sessions with Katherine May:
Tanya Shadrick on learning that life is short
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A few days after giving birth, Tanya Shadrick found herself in an ambulance, barely clinging to life. But surviving that terrifying experience changed everything. In this conversation, Tanya talks about how facing death made her bolder, more certain of her ambitions, and more determined to become a writer. And it also left her able to help other people who were nearing the end of their life.
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Show Notes
This week Katherine chats to Tanya Shadrick. Tanya Shadrick’s memoir The Cure for Sleep – the story of a life changed forever by sudden near-death – will be published in February 2022 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson and can be pre-ordered now.
A few days after giving birth, Tanya Shadrick found herself in an ambulance, barely clinging to life. But surviving that terrifying experience changed everything. In this conversation, Tanya talks about how facing death made her bolder, more certain of her ambitions, and more determined to become a writer. And it also left her able to help other people who were nearing the end of their life.
We talk about:
Finding purpose after a near-death experience
Working as an end-of-life scribe
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