The Baltimore book of the dead

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"When Cheryl Strayed was asked by the Boston Globe to name a book she finds herself recommending time and again, she chose The Glen Rock Book of the Dead. Now that beloved book has a sequel: The Baltimore Book of the Dead, another collection of portraits of the dead, their compressed narratives weaving a unusual, richly populated memoir. Approaching mourning and memory with great care and an eye for the idiosyncratic, the story begins in the 1960...

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Baltimore (Md.) Biography

Curiosities and wonders

Death Anecdotes

Winik, Marion Anecdotes

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ISBN:

9781640091214

Edition:

First hardcover edition

Description:

xix, 138 pages ; 19 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Contents:

The alpha
The perfect couple
The fourth
The cat with nine lives
The man who could take off his thumb
The classmate
Two first cousins
Their mother
The social worker
The mensch
The thin white duke
The camp director
The history professor
The golden boy
The warrior poetess
The Jewish Floridian
The brother-in-law
Who dat
The artist
The young Hercules
The Velveteen Rabbit
The werewolf
The queen of the scene
The volunteer
The all-American
The paid professional codependent
The southern writer
The belle of the ball
The rancher
The father of the bride
Portrait of a lady
The statistic
Two slips of the knife
The old rake
The mother of four
The man of honor
The angel
The Montessori teacher
The ambassador's wife
The playwright
The belligerent stream
The southern gentleman
The squash player
Her son
His brother
The grandmother-general
The role model
The talent
The French horn player
The big man
The assistant superintendent
The very tiny baby
His dog
The pirate
The happy man
The babydaddy
The innocents
The leader of the pack
El Suegro
The living

LCCN:

2018012453

Control Number:

2665908

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