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Critical Praise

"IT’S THE UNGUARDED VOICES HE PRESENTS THAT STAY WITH YOU. . . . Terkel’s interviews may not allay fears about death. But reading them certainly encourages life while we have it."

——The New York Times

"In these moving, thought-provoking, and powerful interviews, Terkel beautifully illustrates that this book may be about death, 'but only by living to the full its long prelude, life.'"

——Associated Press

"TERRIFYING, MOVING, PAINFUL, AND REDEMPTIVE . . . Terkel provides us with [a] community, and . . . there is solace in knowing, at least for now, that we are not alone."

——Chicago Tribune