Live Beautifully, Die Beautifully

"A luminous guide to aging, illness, and loss-rooted in the lived experience of a refugee, physician, and Zen nun who transformed profound personal trauma into a path of clarity, courage, and compassion. These are field notes from a life shaped by upheaval and lived in radical presence. In this tender, deeply insightful book, beloved five-time author Sister Dang Nghiem writes from the heart of her own story: a childhood marked by war and disappearance, a young adulthood shaped by displacement, and a turning point of grief that led her to leave medicine and follow the socially engaged Buddhist teachings of peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh"-- Provided by publisher.