- Publisher
- Creative Arts Book Co.
- Year
- 1979
- ISBN-13
- 9780916870171
- Genre
- Biography & Memoir
- Topics
- DeathObituariesReflection on mortality
Awards
- National Book Award for NonfictionShortlistedMajor(1980)
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