Boyd Schaeffer example essay topic
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This book is an affecting tale of guilt-haunted man and woman who learned to accept the inevitable presence of death in life. They deal with issues of death and ways to keep on living. Life After Death tells about the journey of a woman who most work through her husband's death to find out who he really was, who she really is, and whether she can reclaim her own life. Boyd Schaeffer was an obstetrician in New York who stopped practicing when a woman, a mother of three, she was performing a late abortion on died. Although it wasn't her fault, Boyd had abandoned her career. She moved to Minnesota to marry Russell Schaeffer and they had a lovely daughter, Freddy. Forty-two-year-old Russell Schaeffer seemed to have everything: money, looks, and charm... But in Boyd's eyes, he was insensitive, unreliable and a liar. "I don't want to listen to you anymore.
Do me a favor, Russell. Die". Boyd said one night during a fight with her husband since she suspects him of getting drunk and briefly losing their daughter, Freddy, at the park. And the next day, Russell died of an apparent heart attack while playing tennis.
Boyd thought it was all her fault. Then Boyd met Will when she came to make the arrangements for the funeral of her husband. Will Young ren, also known as "Dr. Death", ran an undertaking business. Will gave up his dream of becoming an architect to run his family's St. Paul mortuary.
He's 40, unmarried and can cope with most deaths except those of babies and young children. Boyd found out that Will is haunted by a past death of his fraternal twin sister. When he was 14, Will's twin sister Signe's sled careened into a tree and she died. Will still feels responsible for not saving her. After Russell's death, Boyd got back to her career and started practicing medicine again. She tried to help her daughter accept Russell's death.
Boyd was troubled by Russell's seemingly continue presence (she kept finding notes he left her). With Will's help, together they understood their need to end their own mourning for the dead. The two began to find strength, and support in each other and to find opportunities to solve their problems and to moved on.
