We'll Be the Last Ones to Let You Down: Memoir of a Gravedigger's Daughter Contributor(s): Hanel, Rachael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0816683468 ISBN-13: 9780816683468 Publisher: University of Minnesota Press OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Social Science | Death & Dying |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2012051139 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.65 lbs) 200 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Death/Dying - Cultural Region - Midwest |
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Publisher Description:
At times heartbreaking and at others gently humorous and uplifting, We'll Be the Last Ones to Let You Down presents the unique, moving perspective of a gravedigger's daughter and her lifelong relationship with death and grief. But it is also a masterful meditation on the living elements of our cemeteries: our neighbors, friends, and families--the very histories of our towns and cities--and how these things come together in the eyes of a young girl whose childhood is suffused with both death and the wonder of the living. |