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The Dead Beat

By: Marilyn Johnson
Narrated by: Marilyn Johnson
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Marilyn Johnson was enthralled by the remarkable lives that were marching out of this world - so she sought out the best obits in the English language and the people who spent their lives writing about the dead. She surveyed the darkest corners of Internet chat rooms and made a pilgrimage to London to savor the most caustic and literate obits of all. Now she leads us on a compelling journey into the cult and culture behind the obituary page and the unusual lives we don't quite appreciate until they're gone.

©2007 Marilyn Johnson (P)2010 HarperCollins Publishers
Customs & Traditions Death & Dying Grief & Loss Personal Development Relationships Social Sciences Sociology Words, Language & Grammar Writing & Publishing Tradition
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