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The mansion of happiness : a history of life and death Cover Image Book Book

The mansion of happiness : a history of life and death

Lepore, Jill 1966- (Author).

Summary: A history of American ideas about life and death from before the cradle to beyond the grave.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0307592995
  • ISBN: 9780307592996
  • Physical Description: xxxiii, 282 p. ; 25 cm.
    print
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.
"Parts of this book originally appeared in The New Yorker"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Introduction: The mansion of happiness -- Hatched -- Baby good -- The children's room -- All about erections -- Mr. Marriage -- Happiness minutes -- Confessions of an amateur mother -- Happy old age -- The gate of heaven -- Resurrection -- Last words -- A chronology.

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