Obit: Inspiring Stories of Ordinary People Who Led Extraordinary Lives
- ISBN-10
- 0143113836
- ISBN-13
- 9780143113836
- Series
- Obit
- Category
- Literary Collections
- Pages
- 242
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Author
- Jim Sheeler
Description
A moving compilation of more than forty obituaries, which originally appeared in a variety of Colorado newspapers, documents the lives of ordinary people whose lives and deaths offer a profound commentary on the human condition. Reprint.
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