{"title":"Bruce H. Kramer","description":"\u003cp\u003eBruce H. Kramer offers insightful explorations into the complex realities of health and wellness, blending personal experience with thoughtful reflection. His writing invites readers to engage deeply with themes of resilience, healing, and understanding life's challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough works like \u003cem\u003eWe Know How This Ends\u003c\/em\u003e, Kramer provides a compassionate voice that honours the emotional journeys many face in health and well-being. His books encourage empathy and insight, making them valuable for anyone interested in the human side of care and recovery.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"we-know-how-this-ends-by-cathy-wurzer-9781517904180","title":"We Know How This Ends","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten with wisdom, genuine humour, and down-to-earth observations, \u003ci\u003eWe Know How This Ends\u003c\/i\u003e is far more than a memoir about life with ALS. It is a dignified, courageous, and unflinching look at how acceptance of loss and inevitable death can lead us all to a more meaningful and fulfilling life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e2010 had been a very good year for Bruce H. Kramer. But what began as a floppy foot and leg weakness led to a shattering diagnosis: he had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. ALS is a cruel, unrelenting neurodegenerative disease in which the body's muscles slowly weaken, including those used to move, swallow, talk, and ultimately breathe. There is no cure: ALS is a death sentence. When death is a constant companion, sitting too closely beside you at the dinner table, colouring your thoughts and feelings and words, your outlook on life is utterly transformed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe perspective and insights offered in \u003ci\u003eWe Know How This Ends\u003c\/i\u003e reveal this daily reality and inspire a way forward for anyone who has suffered major loss and for anyone who surely will. Rather than wallowing in sadness and bitterness, anger and denial, Kramer accepted the crushing diagnosis. The educator and musician recognised that if he wanted a meaningful life, then embracing his imminent death was his only viable option. His decision was the foundation for profound, personal reflection and growth, even as his body weakened, and inspired him to share the lessons he was learning from ALS about how to live as fully as possible, even in the midst of devastating grief.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt the time Kramer was diagnosed, broadcast journalist Cathy Wurzer was struggling with her own losses, especially her father's slow descent into the bewildering world of dementia. Mutual friends put this unlikely pair - journalist and educator - together, and the serendipitous result has been a series of remarkable broadcast conversations, a deep friendship, and now this book. Written with wisdom, genuine humour, and down-to-earth observations, \u003ci\u003eWe Know How This Ends\u003c\/i\u003e is far more than a memoir. It is a dignified, courageous, and unflinching look at how acceptance of loss and inevitable death can lead us all to a more meaningful and fulfilling life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNautilus Book Awards, Silver Award Winner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NewSouth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47433303916780,"sku":"9781517904180","price":22.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781517904180.jpg?v=1774765240"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/bruce-h-kramer.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}