The In-Between: Remarkable Experiences During Life's Last Minutes

By Jarrod Rowe

In this deeply personal memoir, TikTok star and passionate advocate for end-of-life care Hadley Vlahos shares moving tales of joy, wisdom, and redemption from her patients' final moments.

"This extraordinary book reveals death to be a natural component of our soul's evolution and helps dispel fear regarding death and dying. Signs and The Light Between Us author Laura Lynne Jackson is a New York Times bestselling author. In polite company and even in the medical field, discussing death and dying is considered taboo. Our thoughts regarding biting the dust are confounding, best case scenario: Will our past come flooding back to us? Laments consume our considerations? Is there a shining light at the end of the tunnel? For a great many people, it will be a more slow interaction, one facilitated with readiness, geniality, and an honest touch. Hospice nurse Hadley Vlahos is at the forefront of changing people's perceptions of palliative care. She demonstrates that end-of-life care can teach us just as much about how to live as it can about how to die.

Vlahos was raised in a strict religious home, but the sudden death of a friend in high school led her to question her beliefs. She was shunned by her community when she became pregnant at the age of 19 and enrolled in nursing school to support herself and her child. However, nursing before long turned out to be in excess of a task: It became a calling for her when she concentrated on hospice and palliative care work.

Vlahos also shares her own fascinating journey in The In-Between, as well as the most impactful experiences she has had with the people she has worked with. These include the young patient who laments that she spent too much of her short life worrying about what others thought of her and the older man who saw visions of his deceased daughter.

The In-Between is a heartbreaking memoir written with profound insight, humility, and respect. It demonstrates how caring for others can change a life, gives advice and comfort to people going through loss, and gives advice on how to live now.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0C79T4Z9Q
• ISBN13: 9798397401739
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"