"In MRS. HUNTER'S HAPPY DEATH John Fanestil provides stimulus for the mind, comfort for the heart and inspiration for the soul. Who could ask for anything more?"
—Ken Blanchard, co-author of THE ONE MINUTE MANAGER^® and THE SECRET


"John Wesley, founder of us Methodists, loved to brag, 'Our people know how to die well.' John Fanestil has revived the art of the 'happy death' in this wonderful book. Here is death done right, death not as fate but as a well crafted adventure with God."
—Bishop Will Willimon, Resident Bishop, Birmingham, Alabama Area


"MRS. HUNTER'S HAPPY DEATH deserves, and will delight, a wide readership. Very few authors could pull off such a tour de force where history, theology, spirituality, and pastoral care sit so cozily within the covers of a single book."
—Leonard Sweet, Drew University; George Fox University; preachingplus.com


"In an era in which death often stalks a patient long before overtaking them, MRS. HUNTER'S HAPPY DEATH serves as a manual as well as an inspiration. Not since the work of Elisabeth KŸbler-Ross three decades ago has there been such a seminal work in the field."
—The Reverend Robert W. Edgar, National Council of Churches USA


"Mrs. Hunter has come to us at a time when we need her. She awakens us to the eternal truth that is carved on the inner cavities of our cultural memory and restores the sacred connections of our life, our death, and our life again. What a holy gift! Thank you John Fanestil."
—Bishop Beverly J. Shamana, Resident Bishop, San Francisco Area


"MRS. HUNTER'S HAPPY DEATH is more than an engaging and creative treatment of death. It is a ringing affirmation of life lived with faith, love, joy, and hope....The book is filled with theological, psychological, and pastoral insights; and it provides hope for living and comfort for dying."
—Bishop Kenneth L. Carder, Duke University Divinity School


"John Fanestil engages heart and mind in a study that brings the 'art of dying' to life.... MRS. HUNTER'S HAPPY DEATH plumbs the depths of life's greatest mystery and offers hope through the experience of a woman who had learned the art of dying well. Truly inspirational: a magnificent immersion in the real substance of life and death."
—Dr. Paul Wesley Chilcote, Duke University Divinity School


"Happiness in dying is the admixture of joy and contentment, which finds expression in words or gestures of gratitude and praise. It is this final act of faithful living that Fanestil discerns and documents so convincingly from his pastoral experience. MRS. HUNTER'S HAPPY DEATH bears witness to happy death as present reality. It testifies not only to a death that has lost its sting, but to a life that is no longer haunted by the prospect of having to die."
—Wallace M. Alston, director, Center of Theological Inquiry