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The thing about life is that one day you'll be dead /

The author melds personal history with frank biological data about every stage of life, creating an "autobiography about my body" that seeks meaning in death, but moreover, life. Shields filters his frank--and usually foreboding--data through his own experience as a 51-year-old father with...

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Main Author:	Shields, David, 1956-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Shields, David, > 1956- Shields, David, > 1956- > Family. Authors, American > 20th century > Biography. Authors, American > 20th century > Family relationships. Fathers and sons > United States.
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