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The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead

By: David Shields
Narrated by: Peter Marinker
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The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of David Shields 2008 New York Times Bestseller, The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead, read by the actor Peter Marinker.

Mesmerized and somewhat unnerved by his 97-year-old father's vitality and optimism, David Shields undertakes an original investigation of our flesh-and-blood existence, our mortal being.
Weaving together personal anecdote, biological fact, philosophical doubt, cultural criticism, and the wisdom of an eclectic range of writers and thinkers - from Lucretius to Woody Allen - Shields expertly renders both a hilarious family portrait and a truly resonant meditation on mortality.

An insightful, honest and uplifting portrait of what it means to be human, and one day to die.

 Death & Dying Grief & Loss Personal Development Relationships Sociology Witty Feel-Good

Critic Reviews

Breathtaking . . . Shields had us laughing out loud, even in the face of death
An edifying, unclassifiable mixture of filial love and Oedipal rage
Shields is a sharp-eyed, self-deprecating, at times hilarious writer
All stars
Most relevant
Knowing more about death was not depressing. It was rather an encouraging and humbling experience.

Sundries of information and statistics about human body and death

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