- death, dying, ecological accountability, morality of blame
A death doula faces challenges when Heaven sends her to minister a dying oil-company CEO.
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Contemporary, contemplative, intimate and prestige.
- contemporarynostalgic
- contemplativerelentless
- intimateepic
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
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- Author
- George Saunders
- First published
- 2026
- Pages
- 174
- Publisher
- Random House
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780525509622
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“What a lovely home 1 found myself plummeting toward, acquiring, as I fell, arms, hands, legs, feet, all of which, as usual, became more substantial with each passing second.”
George Saunders (born December 2, 1958) is an American writer. He is best known for his short stories and his novel *Lincoln in the Bardo* (2017), which won the Booker Prize. Saunders' short stories have been published as several collections, including *CivilWarLand in Bad Decline* (1996) and *Tenth of December: Stories* (2013).
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