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Remembrances and Celebrations

A Book of Eulogies, Elegies, Letters, and Epitaphs

Author Jill Werman Harris
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Knopf | Vintage
On sale Dec 18, 2007 | 336 Pages | 9780307427458
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A rich anthology of memorial tributes that offers a welcome reminder that, although words cannot necessarily assuage grief, they can provide tremendous comfort and perspective during our times of loss.

The likes of Dr. Martin Luther King, Benjamin Franklin, W.H. Auden and Diana, Princess of Wales, as well as ordinary folk from the seventeenth century to the present are mourned and celebrated in the memorable eulogies, condolence letters, poems and epitaphs collected in these pages.
Jill Werman Harris lives in New York City. View titles by Jill Werman Harris
"This beautiful book speaks of loss and love and honor. A collection of sublime thought for the ages [that] will be read and re-read and quoted endlessly."—Dr. Sherwin B. Nuland, author of How We Die

"Fascinating reading and a learning experience."—Dominick Dunne

"Both a useful guide and a fascinating collection. . . . One of the most consistently engaging books of the year. . . . Wonderful."—The Dallas Morning News

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A rich anthology of memorial tributes that offers a welcome reminder that, although words cannot necessarily assuage grief, they can provide tremendous comfort and perspective during our times of loss.

The likes of Dr. Martin Luther King, Benjamin Franklin, W.H. Auden and Diana, Princess of Wales, as well as ordinary folk from the seventeenth century to the present are mourned and celebrated in the memorable eulogies, condolence letters, poems and epitaphs collected in these pages.

Author

Jill Werman Harris lives in New York City. View titles by Jill Werman Harris

Praise

"This beautiful book speaks of loss and love and honor. A collection of sublime thought for the ages [that] will be read and re-read and quoted endlessly."—Dr. Sherwin B. Nuland, author of How We Die

"Fascinating reading and a learning experience."—Dominick Dunne

"Both a useful guide and a fascinating collection. . . . One of the most consistently engaging books of the year. . . . Wonderful."—The Dallas Morning News

Additional formats

  • Remembrances and Celebrations
    Remembrances and Celebrations
    A Book of Eulogies, Elegies, Letters, and Epitaphs
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Nov 14, 2000
  • Remembrances and Celebrations
    Remembrances and Celebrations
    A Book of Eulogies, Elegies, Letters, and Epitaphs
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Nov 14, 2000

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