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LECRETIA'S CHOICE
A successful young lawyer in Wellington, New Zealand, Lecretia Seales met and fell in love with Matt Vickers in 2003. In LECRETIA'S CHOICE, Matt tells the story of their life together, and how it changed when his proud, fiercely independent wife was diagnosed with a brain tumour and forced to confront her own mortality.
The death she facedslow, painful, dependentwas completely at odds with how she had lived her life. Lecretia wanted to die with dignity, to be able to say goodbye well, and not to suffer unnecessarilybut the law denied her that choice. With her characteristic spirit, she decided to mount a challenge in New Zealand's High Court, but as the battle raged Lecretia's strength faded. She died on 5 June 2015, aged forty-two, the day after her family learned that the court had ruled against her.
LECRETIA'S CHOICE is not only a moving love story but compulsory reading for everyone who cares about the dignity we afford terminally ill people who want to die on their own terms.
The New Zealand Herald named Lecretia Seales the 2015 New Zealander of the Year.
The death she facedslow, painful, dependentwas completely at odds with how she had lived her life. Lecretia wanted to die with dignity, to be able to say goodbye well, and not to suffer unnecessarilybut the law denied her that choice. With her characteristic spirit, she decided to mount a challenge in New Zealand's High Court, but as the battle raged Lecretia's strength faded. She died on 5 June 2015, aged forty-two, the day after her family learned that the court had ruled against her.
LECRETIA'S CHOICE is not only a moving love story but compulsory reading for everyone who cares about the dignity we afford terminally ill people who want to die on their own terms.
The New Zealand Herald named Lecretia Seales the 2015 New Zealander of the Year.
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Published 2016-09-01 by Text Publishing |