The Thing About Life is That One Day You'll Be Dead: A MemoirKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 5 de febr. 2008 - 256 pàgines NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Weaving together personal anecdote, biological fact, philosophical doubt, cultural criticism, and the wisdom of an eclectic range of writers and thinkers, a book that expertly renders both a hilarious family portrait and a truly resonant meditation on mortality. |
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... play overhand , fast - pitch hardball , and I started flinching . Try- ing to beat out a ground ball , I would always slow down so that the throw to first base would arrive ahead of me and I'd avoid getting hit in the head with a wild ...
... play a Michelle Branch song , and when it came on , Amanda beamed . Seeing the lights go off , all of the younger girls rushed onto the rink . They liked the dark setting , which made them feel less noticeable , and yet Natalie and ...
... play ball . " In 1830 , girls typically got their first period when they were 17. Thanks to improvements in nutrition , general health , and living conditions , the standard age in America is now 12 ( 12.75 in the 1960s , 12.5 in the ...
... play with you anymore . You're too good . I'll bet one day you're going to be a San Francisco Warrior . " Renée had a way of moving her body like a boy but still like a girl , too , and that game of H - O - R - S - E is one of the ...
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19 | |
Motherhood | 27 |
Hoop Dream ii | 34 |
Rattlesnake Lake | 43 |
3 | 48 |
Boys vs Girls ii | 49 |
Superheroes | 59 |
27 | 112 |
Notes on the Local Swimming Hole | 121 |
Hoop Dream viii | 135 |
Decline and Fall iii | 139 |
The Thing About Life Is That One | 151 |
Boys vs Girls iv | 160 |
29 | 163 |
Death Is the Mother of Beauty | 173 |
Hoop Dreams iv and | 66 |
Ye Olde MindBody Problem | 78 |
Decline and Fall ii | 87 |
14 | 91 |
Bloodline to Star Power ii | 98 |
19 | 103 |
Sex Changes Everything | 104 |
The Trouble with Being Food | 111 |
How to Live Forever i | 181 |
114 | 184 |
How to Live Forever ii | 189 |
Bloodline to Star Power iii | 200 |
The Story Told One Last Time | 211 |
Notes for Eulogy for My Father | 218 |
PERMISSIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 227 |
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The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead David Shields Previsualització no disponible - 2009 |
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