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"Powerful . . . a brilliant, heartrending book."-- "New York Times Book Review"
"His prose is captivating."-- "Christian Science Monitor"
"Chilling . . . authentic and heartfelt . . . He will transfix you."-- "Los Angeles Times"
"A riveting and compelling account of a Texas execution written and narrated by a lawyer in the thick of the last minute chaos. It should be read by all those who support state sponsored killing."--John Grisham, author of "The Innocent Man"
PRAISE FOR THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN EXECUTION
"David Dow's extraordinary memoir lifts the veil on the real world of representing defendants on death row. It will stay with me a long time."
--Jeffrey Toobin, author of "The Nin"
"Sooner or later, death touches every life. Sometimes, though, it comes in legions. This is the story of a death penalty lawyer from Texas who simultaneously watched his father-in-law die of cancer and defended a convicted murderer who didn't deserve to be executed. Few of us can begin to imagine such a shattering coincidence, and fewer still could ever hope to come to terms with it. But David R. Dow did, and has now written a profoundly poignant, singularly wise memoir of his experience. In the midst of death he was-and is-in life."--Terry Teachout, drama critic, "Wall Street Journal"
"In clear, powerful prose, David R. Dow reminds us of an essential truth: that human life remains cheap to the state, and for the rest of us, it is precious, momentary, and wholly fulfilling when embraced."--Bryan Mealer, author of "Muck City, All Things Must Fight to Live", and the "New York Times" bestseller "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind"
"David R. Dow has delivered a profound and penetrating meditation on the end of life-through the deaths of his father-in-law to cancer, a death row inmate he was representing to lethal injection, and his family's beloved dog to liver failure. The writing is clear-eyed and intimate, as he exquisitely weaves the stories of these staggering losses together. Better still, along the way he reveals the lessons for living that come from them."--Dick Lehr, author of "Whitey", the "Boston Globe" bestseller "The Fence", and the "New York Times" bestseller and Edgar Award-winning "Black Mass"
"In terse, spare prose, David Dow mines the shadows between dying and death, work and family, law and justice, love and pain. A stunning meditation on all the ways in which irreversible endings can make us whole."--Dahlia Lithwick, Supreme Court correspondent, Slate.com
"David R. Dow's stories are always compelling. His observations are unflinching and true. Death is a part of daily routine, and in this remarkable book he takes us to the grave and back."--John Grisham
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The author of The Autobiography of an Execution describes and confronts his own feelings and reaction to the end of life when his father-in-law becomes terminally ill, his beloved pet suffers liver failure and his young son begins to understand mortality. (biography & autobiography).
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- EditorialTHORNDIKE PR
- Año de publicación2014
- ISBN 10 1410467600
- ISBN 13 9781410467607
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- Número de páginas389
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Things I've Learned from Dying: A Book about Life
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Thorndike Press, 2014
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Things I've Learned from Dying: A Book about Life
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Thorndike Press, 2014
ISBN 10: 1410467600
ISBN 13: 9781410467607
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Tapa dura
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