The Inevitable

<b>Katie Engelhart</b><b> </b>is a reporter and documentary film producer from Toronto and based in New York City. She is also a National Fellow at New America. Katie has worked as a correspondent for VICE News based in London and NBC News in New York. Her writing has appeared far and wide. Formerly she was a graduate student of history and philosophy at Oxford University. This is her first book. <b>BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE SPECTATOR AND THE TIMES</b><br><br><b>'Fascinating.... Deeply disturbing... Brilliant' <i>Sunday Times</i></b><br><b>'Powerful and moving.' Louis Theroux</b><br><br>Meet Adam. He's twenty-seven years old articulate and attractive. He also wants to die. Should he be helped? And by whom?<br><br>In <i>The Inevitable</i> award-winning journalist Katie Engelhart explores one of our most abiding taboos: assisted dying. From Avril the 80-year-old British woman illegally importing pentobarbital to the Australian doctor dispensing suicide manuals online Engelhart travels the world to hear the stories of those on the quest for a 'good death'.<br><br>At once intensely troubling and profoundly moving <i>The Inevitable </i>interrogates our most uncomfortable moral questions. Should a young woman facing imminent paralysis be allowed to end her life with a doctor's help? Should we be free to die painlessly before dementia takes our mind? Or to choose death over old age? A deeply reported portrait of everyday people struggling to make impossible decisions <i>The Inevitable </i>sheds crucial light on what it means to flourish live and die. A compelling and beautifully written exploration of the topic which breaks all taboos: assisted death There's plenty of compassion plenty of nuance and plenty of complex thought. Engelhart is a skilled storyteller... Her <b>brilliant </b>book should be prescribed to all those who think they have a clear view [on the right to die]. Powerful and moving. Engelhart recounts the stories of those she meets with humanity and grace. Deeply researched and beautifully reported... [Engelhart] writes compassionately of her subjects' struggles. A brilliantly sensitive and deeply moving account of assisted dying. There's plenty of compassion plenty of nuance and plenty of complex thought. Engelhart is a skilled storyteller... Her <b>brilliant </b>book should be prescribed to all those who think they have a clear view [on the right to die]. Powerful and moving. Engelhart recounts the stories of those she meets with humanity and grace. Deeply researched and beautifully reported... [Engelhart] writes compassionately of her subjects' struggles. A brilliantly sensitive and deeply moving account of assisted dying.