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Too Soon to Say Goodbye
by Art Buchwald
ISBN: 1400066271
ISBN-13: 9781400066278
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
With his kidneys failing, beloved humorist and political commentator Art Buchwald was told that he must undergo long exhausting dialysis to survive. Buchwald politely declined, and, checking himself into hospice care, prepared to die. The eulogies were written, the well-wishing notes arrived, and then, to the befuddlement of the doctors, Buchwald got better. Now he has turned his experiences into a book of humorous vignettes, most of them on the topic of death and dying.
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"Leave it to Buchwald to have a laugh at death's expense....A humorous valediction."
"Art Buchwald has looked straight on at his own 'dirt nap,' with liberating results." -- James Kaplan
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Random House Inc
Published date: 2006
Edition: 1th edition
Size: 6 x 8.25 inches
Weight: 0.8 pounds
Pages: 189
Publisher's Notes
The Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist shares his reflections on life, death, and laughter as he describes his close encounter with death after making the decision to forgo dialysis treatments, offering insights into the art of living each day to the fullest, reminiscences about his life and career, and determination to meet death on his own terms. 100,000 first printing.
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