I would like to thank the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation for supporting the writing of this book and its first Portuguese edition. I would especially like to thank Jorge Soares, Director of the Gulbenkian Programme for Innovation in Health, for believing in my work and in the value of sharing these issues and stories with a larger audience.
I am indebted to the Home Palliative Care team working in the Planalto Mirandês, Trás-os-Montes, for so generously allowing me to be a part of their routine, and particularly to Doctor Jacinta Fernandes, who welcomed me like an old friend.
The patients and families who feature in this book spoke to me with extraordinary openness, unexpected trust and admirable courage: thank you all so much.
Special thanks to photographer André Cepeda for being my travel companion in Trás-os-Montes and for his unforgettable images.
I could not have completed this book without my friend and fellow writer Alexandra Lucas Coelho, my friend Bárbara Gomes, who is a leading researcher in palliative care, and my family: thank you.
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Juan Pablo Villalobos, Down the Rabbit Hole
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Clemens Meyer, All the Lights
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Iosi Havilio, Open Door
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Oleg Zaionchkovsky, Happiness is Possible
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I’ll Sell You a Dog
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Brazilian by birth, Julia Sanches has lived in the United States, Mexico, Switzerland, Scotland, and Catalonia. Her translations have appeared in Suelta, The Washington Review, Asymptote, Two Lines, and Revista Machado. She currently lives in New York City.
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