Things I've Learned from Dying: A Book About Life
Autor David R. Dowen Limba Engleză Hardback – 6 ian 2014
In
his
riveting,
artfully
written
memoirThe
Autobiography
of
an
Execution,
David
Dow
enraptured
readers
with
a
searing
and
frank
exploration
of
his
work
defending
inmates
on
death
row.
But
when
Dow's
father-in-law
receives
his
own
death
sentence
in
the
form
of
terminal
cancer,
and
his
gentle
dog
Winona
suffers
acute
liver
failure,
the
author
is
forced
to
reconcile
with
death
in
a
far
more
personal
way,
both
as
a
son
and
as
a
father.
Told through the disparate lenses of the legal battles he's spent a career fighting, and the intimate confrontations with death each family faces at home,THINGS I'VE LEARNED FROM DYINGoffers a poignant and lyrical account of how illness and loss can ravage a family. Full of grace and intelligence, Dow offers readers hope without cliché and reaffirms our basic human needs for acceptance and love by giving voice to the anguish we all face--as parents, as children, as partners, as friends--when our loved ones die tragically, and far too soon.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781455575244
ISBN-10: 1455575240
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 152 x 216 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Editura: Grand Central Publishing
Colecția Twelve
ISBN-10: 1455575240
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 152 x 216 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Editura: Grand Central Publishing
Colecția Twelve
Notă biografică
David
R.
Dow
is
professor
of
law
at
the
University
of
Houston
Law
Center
and
an
internationally
recognized
figure
in
the
fight
against
the
death
penalty.
Nominated
for
a
National
Book
Critics
Circle
Award
forThe
Autobiography
of
an
Execution,
he
is
also
the
founder
and
director
of
the
Texas
Innocence
Network
and
has
represented
more
than
one
hundred
death
row
inmates
in
their
state
and
federal
appeals.
He
lives
in
Houston,
Texas.
Recenzii
"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
"David Dow is a lawyer who writes like an angel."—Steve Weinberg, Dallas Morning News
"He is a gifted storyteller. And regardless of your opinion on the death penalty, he sounds like good company."—
"Gracefully told.... Dow weaves elegantly each person's story into a colorful and emotionally wrenching narrative that covers his fiercely honest struggle to make sense of life and death."—Publishers Weekly,starred review
"Dow's lyrically written prose shimmers as he traces life's final moments for his death-row client, father-in-law, and dog Winona. Its exploration of the elusive line between life and death will leave readers speechless."—Library Journal
"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
PRAISE FOR THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN EXECUTION
"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
"David Dow is a lawyer who writes like an angel."—Steve Weinberg, Dallas Morning News
"He is a gifted storyteller. And regardless of your opinion on the death penalty, he sounds like good company."—
St.
Louis
Post-Dispatch
"Gracefully told.... Dow weaves elegantly each person's story into a colorful and emotionally wrenching narrative that covers his fiercely honest struggle to make sense of life and death."—Publishers Weekly,starred review
"Dow's lyrically written prose shimmers as he traces life's final moments for his death-row client, father-in-law, and dog Winona. Its exploration of the elusive line between life and death will leave readers speechless."—Library Journal
"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
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"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