Obit: Inspiring Stories of Ordinary People Who Led Extraordinary LivesLike Everything I Really Needed to Know, I Learned in Kindergarten, or Tuesdays with Morrie, Obit is a wise and deeply moving book that illuminates the human condition. For ten years, Jim Sheeler has scoured Colorado looking for subjects whose stories he will tell for the last time. Most are unknowns, but that doesn't mean they're nobodies. Their obituaries are sometimes humorous, sometimes heartbreaking, and chock full of life lessons as taught by the people we all pass on the street every day. And thanks to Sheeler's brilliant and compassionate prose, it's not too late to meet them. |
Contents
How to Build A Mountain | 1 |
The Marine Who Wasnt Afraid to | 12 |
The Magician Who Saved His Best Trick for Last | 18 |
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