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Theresa E Evans

Theresa E. Evans is a former ICU nurse and certified clinical somatic educator, and author of "Choosing to Die: A Daughter's Story of Supporting Her Mother's End of Life Through Assisted Death."

Oct 10, 2026

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Um, yeah, it brought up a lot of things with me, which we'll get to, but before we dive in, can you give readers just a quick idea of what they're going to get when they open up the cover of Choosing to Die?
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Well, it's a story about...
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It's a story about the last three months that I spent with my mother and my two sisters before my mother died with assisted death in Canada.
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Um, it's a, it's a memoir.
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It- it's a memoir regarding mostly my mom, but our family, a bit of our childhood growing up, and, um, it focuses on...
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Uh, it's told through the lens of botany.
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The story is told through the lens of botany, as my mother was a master gardener, and during these last months with her, she asked me to put her garden to rest for the final time.

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