What are the top regrets of the dying?

That''s what Kerry Egan, a hospice chaplain, learned as she listened to her patients on their deathbeds, witnessing what she calls the "spiritual work of dying" - the work of finding or making meaning of one''s life, the experiences it contained and the people who have touched it.

In this book she recalls the stories she heard - stories of hope and regret, shame and pride, mystery and revelation, and secrets held too long.

This isn''t a book about dying - it''s a book about living. Each of Egan''s patients taught her something; in this moving and beautiful book, she imparts their poignant and profound lessons on how to live a life without regrets.