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      <title>Levels of Life by Julian Barnes</title>
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      <content type="text/html">&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385350778&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780385350778&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385350778&quot;&gt;Levels of Life&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=1450&quot;&gt;Julian Barnes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hardcover&lt;/b&gt;, 144 pages | Knopf | Biography &amp; Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Biography &amp; Autobiography - Literary; Family &amp; Relationships - Death, Grief, Bereavement | &lt;b&gt;$22.95&lt;/b&gt; | 978-0-385-35077-8 (0-385-35077-5)&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fifteen months after the publication of his phenomenally successful novel The Sense of an Ending, Julian Barnes now gives us his most powerfully moving book yet, beginning in the nineteenth century and leading seamlessly into an entirely personal account of loss--making Levels of Life an immediate classic on the subject of grief.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;You put together two things that have not been put together before. And the world is changed...&quot; Julian Barnes's new book is about ballooning, photography, love and grief; about putting two things, and two people, together, and about tearing them apart. One of the judges who awarded him the 2011 Man Booker Prize described him as &quot;an unparalleled magus of the heart.&quot; This book confirms that opinion.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</content>
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      <updated>2013-09-24T00:30:00-05:00</updated>
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      <title>Levels of Life by Julian Barnes</title>
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      <content type="text/html">&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385350785&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780385350785&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385350785&quot;&gt;Levels of Life&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=1450&quot;&gt;Julian Barnes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;eBook&lt;/b&gt;, 144 pages | Knopf | Biography &amp; Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Biography &amp; Autobiography - Literary; Family &amp; Relationships - Death, Grief, Bereavement | &lt;b&gt;$11.99&lt;/b&gt; | 978-0-385-35078-5 (0-385-35078-3)&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fifteen months after the publication of his phenomenally successful novel The Sense of an Ending, Julian Barnes now gives us his most powerfully moving book yet, beginning in the nineteenth century and leading seamlessly into an entirely personal account of loss--making Levels of Life an immediate classic on the subject of grief.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;You put together two things that have not been put together before. And the world is changed...&quot; Julian Barnes's new book is about ballooning, photography, love and grief; about putting two things, and two people, together, and about tearing them apart. One of the judges who awarded him the 2011 Man Booker Prize described him as &quot;an unparalleled magus of the heart.&quot; This book confirms that opinion.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</content>
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      <updated>2013-09-24T00:30:00-05:00</updated>
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      <title>Preparing to Die by Andrew Holecek</title>
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      <content type="text/html">&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781559394086&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9781559394086&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781559394086&quot;&gt;Preparing to Die&lt;/a&gt; Practical Advice and Spiritual Wisdom from the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=167098&quot;&gt;Andrew Holecek&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Trade Paperback&lt;/b&gt;, 480 pages | Snow Lion | Self Help - Death, Grief, Bereavement; Family &amp; Relationships - Death, Grief, Bereavement; Religion - Buddhism | &lt;b&gt;$29.95&lt;/b&gt; | 978-1-55939-408-6 (1-55939-408-0)&lt;p&gt;We all face death, but how many of us are actually ready for it? Whether our own death or that of a loved one comes first, how prepared are we, spiritually or practically? In &lt;i&gt;Preparing to Die&lt;/i&gt;, Andrew Holecek presents a wide array of resources to help the reader address this unfinished business.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Part One shows how to prepare one's mind and how to help others, before, during, and after death. The author explains how spiritual preparation for death can completely transform our relationship to the end of life, dissolving our fear and helping us to feel open and receptive to letting go in the dying process. Daily meditation practices, the stages of dying and how to work with them, and after-death experiences are all detailed in ways that will be particularly helpful for those with an interest in Tibetan Buddhism and in Tibetan approaches to conscious dying.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Part Two addresses the practical issues that surround death. Experts in grief, hospice, the funeral business, and the medical and legal issues of death contribute chapters to prepare the reader for every practical concern, including advance directives, green funerals, the signs of death, warnings about the funeral industry, the stages of grief, and practical care for the dying.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Part Three contains heart-advice from twenty of the best-known Tibetan Buddhist masters now teaching in the West. These brief interviews provide words of solace and wisdom to guide the dying and their caregivers during this challenging time. &lt;i&gt;Preparing to Die&lt;/i&gt; is for anyone interested in learning how to prepare for death from a Buddhist perspective, both spiritually and practically. It is also for those who want to learn how to help someone else who is dying, both during the time of illness and death as well as after death.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</content>
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      <updated>2013-07-09T00:30:00-05:00</updated>
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      <title>The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe</title>
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      <content type="text/html">&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307739780&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780307739780&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307739780&quot;&gt;The End of Your Life Book Club&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=70168&quot;&gt;Will Schwalbe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Trade Paperback&lt;/b&gt;, 352 pages | Vintage | Biography &amp; Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Family &amp; Relationships - Death, Grief, Bereavement; Literary Criticism &amp; Collections - Books &amp; Reading | &lt;b&gt;$15.00&lt;/b&gt; | 978-0-307-73978-0 (0-307-73978-3)&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;An &lt;i&gt;Entertainment Weekly&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;BookPage&lt;/i&gt; Best Book of the Year&lt;br&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;During her treatment for cancer, Mary Anne Schwalbe and her son Will spent many hours sitting in waiting rooms together. To pass the time, they would talk about the books they were reading. Once, by chance, they read the same book at the same time&amp;mdash;and an informal book club of two was born. Through their wide-ranging reading, Will and Mary Anne&amp;mdash;and we, their fellow readers&amp;mdash;are reminded how books can be comforting, astonishing, and illuminating, changing the way that we feel about and interact with the world around us. A profoundly moving memoir of caregiving, mourning, and love&amp;mdash;&lt;i&gt;The End of Your Life Book Club&lt;/i&gt; is also about the joy of reading, and the ways that joy is multiplied when we share it with others.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</content>
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      <updated>2013-06-04T00:30:00-05:00</updated>
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      <title>I Can't Stop Crying by Frank D. Ferris</title>
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      <content type="text/html">&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780771054617&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780771054617&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780771054617&quot;&gt;I Can't Stop Crying&lt;/a&gt; Grief and Recovery, A Compassionate Guide&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=164370&quot;&gt;John D. Martin&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=164371&quot;&gt;Frank D. Ferris&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Trade Paperback&lt;/b&gt;, 144 pages | McClelland &amp; Stewart | Self Help - Death, Grief, Bereavement; Self Help; Family &amp; Relationships - Death, Grief, Bereavement | &lt;b&gt;$14.99&lt;/b&gt; | 978-0-7710-5461-7 (0-7710-5461-0)&lt;p&gt;For anyone who has experienced a significant loss, this wonderfully informative and accessible book is a guide to understanding and overcoming grief.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The death of someone close -- a familiy member, spouse, or partner -- can result in feelings of overwhelming grief. At the same time, society unrealistically expects people to recover from grief as quickly as possible.&lt;i&gt; &lt;b&gt;I Can't Stop Crying&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; looks at grieving as a painful but necessary process. The authors emphasize the importance of giving permission to grieve and suggest steps for rebuiliding life without the one who is gone. They also look at how such a loss affects relationships with family and friends, as well as lifestyle, work habits, and hopes for the future. The book includes an appendix with bereavement groups, resources, and other self-help organizations for grievers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</content>
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      <updated>2013-01-29T00:30:00-05:00</updated>
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      <title>I Can't Stop Crying by Frank D. Ferris</title>
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      <content type="text/html">&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780771054631&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780771054631&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780771054631&quot;&gt;I Can't Stop Crying&lt;/a&gt; Grief and Recovery, A Compassionate Guide&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=164370&quot;&gt;John D. Martin&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=164371&quot;&gt;Frank D. Ferris&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;eBook&lt;/b&gt;, 128 pages | McClelland &amp; Stewart | Self Help - Death, Grief, Bereavement; Self Help; Family &amp; Relationships - Death, Grief, Bereavement | &lt;b&gt;$11.99&lt;/b&gt; | 978-0-7710-5463-1 (0-7710-5463-7)&lt;p&gt;For anyone who has experienced a significant loss, this wonderfully informative and accessible book is a guide to understanding and overcoming grief.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The death of someone close -- a familiy member, spouse, or partner -- can result in feelings of overwhelming grief. At the same time, society unrealistically expects people to recover from grief as quickly as possible.&lt;i&gt; &lt;b&gt;I Can't Stop Crying&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; looks at grieving as a painful but necessary process. The authors emphasize the importance of giving permission to grieve and suggest steps for rebuiliding life without the one who is gone. They also look at how such a loss affects relationships with family and friends, as well as lifestyle, work habits, and hopes for the future. The book includes an appendix with bereavement groups, resources, and other self-help organizations for grievers.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;From the Trade Paperback edition.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</content>
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      <updated>2013-01-29T00:30:00-05:00</updated>
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      <title>Jewish Insights on Death and Mourning by Jack Riemer</title>
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      <content type="text/html">&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307828255&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780307828255&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307828255&quot;&gt;Jewish Insights on Death and Mourning&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=25546&quot;&gt;Jack Riemer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;eBook&lt;/b&gt;, 400 pages | Schocken | Religion - Judaism - Beliefs, Practices, Rituals; Family &amp; Relationships - Death, Grief, Bereavement; Social Science - Death &amp; Dying | &lt;b&gt;$13.99&lt;/b&gt; | 978-0-307-82825-5 (0-307-82825-5)&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Forward by Sherwin B. Nuland&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;As Jack Riemer demonstrates in this collection of Jewish resources for mourning and healing, the Jewish tradition has much to offer those who seek its help in time of need. Here are personal as well as practical writings by contemporary authors about the Shivah period, Kaddish, Yizkor, Yahrzeit, and less familiar practices to honor the dead and comfort the living. Some writers describe new rituals that were created to fill special needs. Others raise questions about the tradition: Do Jews believe in an afterlife? How do we mourn the stillborn child? Should we always strive to prolong life? Reflections on these and other issues related to death and dying make this an indispensable resource for coping with some of life's most difficult and sacred moments.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</content>
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      <updated>2012-11-28T00:30:00-05:00</updated>
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      <title>Innocent Spouse by Carol Ross Joynt</title>
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      <content type="text/html">&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307592118&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780307592118&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307592118&quot;&gt;Innocent Spouse&lt;/a&gt; A Memoir&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=113446&quot;&gt;Carol Ross Joynt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Trade Paperback&lt;/b&gt;, 288 pages | Broadway | Biography &amp; Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Family &amp; Relationships - Death, Grief, Bereavement; Biography &amp; Autobiography - Women | &lt;b&gt;$15.00&lt;/b&gt; | 978-0-307-59211-8 (0-307-59211-1)&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;What would you do if, just weeks after your spouse's sudden death, you found out he was keeping secrets?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Carol Ross Joynt was a successful&amp;nbsp;TV&amp;nbsp;producer and&amp;nbsp;award-winning&amp;nbsp;journalist in Washington, D.C. Her husband, Howard, owned a legendary restaurant in Georgetown. They had a young son, a happy marriage &amp;ndash; a seeming&amp;nbsp;fairy-tale&amp;nbsp;life.&amp;nbsp;But Howard&amp;rsquo;s&amp;nbsp;sudden death&amp;nbsp;changed everything. Carol&amp;nbsp;was shocked to&amp;nbsp;discover&amp;nbsp;that&amp;nbsp;her husband&amp;nbsp;had secrets&amp;nbsp;&amp;ndash;&amp;nbsp;financial secrets&amp;nbsp;&amp;ndash;&amp;nbsp;including a $3 million debt to the IRS that still had to be settled. Carol was responsible for repaying the debt, unless she could prove she knew nothing about Howard&amp;rsquo;s fraudulent dealings and convince the government she was an innocent spouse.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;With no time to grieve, Carol was forced to immediately learn to manage her family&amp;rsquo;s legal and financial responsibilities, run Howard&amp;rsquo;s restaurant, hold her own career together, and raise their son as a solo parent. As she picked up the pieces and coped with her sadness and anger, she learned to become self-sufficient. Poignant, eye-opening, and at its core uplifting,&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Innocent Spouse&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;is ultimately an inspiring story of strength and newfound independence in the face of loss and betrayal.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</content>
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      <updated>2012-11-20T00:30:00-05:00</updated>
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      <title>The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe</title>
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      <content type="text/html">&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307961112&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780307961112&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307961112&quot;&gt;The End of Your Life Book Club&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=70168&quot;&gt;Will Schwalbe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;eBook&lt;/b&gt;, 352 pages | Knopf | Biography &amp; Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Family &amp; Relationships - Death, Grief, Bereavement; Literary Criticism &amp; Collections - Books &amp; Reading | &lt;b&gt;$12.99&lt;/b&gt; | 978-0-307-96111-2 (0-307-96111-7)&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;What are you reading?&amp;rdquo;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; That&amp;rsquo;s the question Will Schwalbe asks his mother, Mary Anne, as they sit in the waiting room of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. In 2007, Mary Anne returned from a humanitarian trip to Pakistan and Afghanistan suffering from what her doctors believed was a rare type of hepatitis. Months later she was diagnosed with a form of advanced pancreatic cancer, which is almost always fatal, often in six months or less. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; This is the inspiring true story of a son and his mother, who start a &amp;ldquo;book club&amp;rdquo; that brings them together as her life comes to a close. Over the next two years, Will and Mary Anne carry on conversations that are both wide-ranging and deeply personal, prompted by an eclectic array of books and a shared passion for reading. Their list jumps from classic to popular, from poetry to mysteries, from fantastic to spiritual. The issues they discuss include questions of faith and courage as well as everyday topics such as expressing gratitude and learning to listen. Throughout, they are constantly reminded of the power of books to comfort us, astonish us, teach us, and tell us what we need to do with our lives and in the world. Reading isn&amp;rsquo;t the opposite of doing; it&amp;rsquo;s the opposite of dying. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; Will and Mary Anne share their hopes and concerns with each other&amp;mdash;and rediscover their lives&amp;mdash;through their favorite books. When they read, they aren&amp;rsquo;t a sick person and a well person, but a mother and a son taking a journey together. The result is a profoundly moving tale of loss that is also a joyful, and often humorous, celebration of life: Will&amp;rsquo;s love letter to his mother, and theirs to the printed page.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</content>
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      <updated>2012-10-02T00:30:00-05:00</updated>
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      <title>The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe</title>
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