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Death Be Not Proud by, John Gunther. Just finished it. [View all] Hiraeth Mar 2016 OP
I read it about 55 years ago in high school. I can only remember it was about the death of his son. sinkingfeeling Mar 2016 #1
Maybe, this feeling will fade but right now, I have to rank this in my Top ten books ever read. Hiraeth Mar 2016 #2
I read it a very, very long time ago, back when I was in high school, SheilaT Mar 2016 #3
If you are a parent now, I think you will read it with a fuller understanding Hiraeth Mar 2016 #4
Yes, I am a parent. SheilaT Mar 2016 #5
Mr. Gunther writes so matter of factly about the events. Daily tidbits. Not an ounce of false Hiraeth Mar 2016 #7
I read it years ago ... I can't bring myself to do it again. But it was very, very good. nt. polly7 Mar 2016 #6
I can't quit crying. Silly me. The unfilfilled potential is one thing but, there is something else Hiraeth Mar 2016 #8
I read it a very long time ago. Neoma Apr 2016 #9
It is written so simply, directly and matter of factly. Subtle. Gut Punch. Hiraeth Apr 2016 #10
Okay, so I read it again. SheilaT Apr 2016 #11
Thank you for re-reading it. Hiraeth Apr 2016 #12
They were already divorced before Johnny got sick. SheilaT Apr 2016 #13
Yes, it reads like a snapshot of a long ago era. Times were so different then. Hiraeth Apr 2016 #14
It's my observation that young people don't relate SheilaT Apr 2016 #15
I can understand why young people of today can not relate to Catcher in the Rye - Hiraeth Apr 2016 #18
And I just got a text from the older son. SheilaT Apr 2016 #16
I thought I was watching a young mans descent into mental illness of some type. Or, at least Hiraeth Apr 2016 #17
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