| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
American lives series
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
The eternal reign of Miss Route 17 -- 13 ways of surviving New Jersey -- Miss Route 17 refuses to grow old -- The three fates : how much is the moon worth? -- The remarkable death-defying exploits of Miss Route 17 -- Until my number comes up -- Requiem for a qwertyist -- My death in the family -- The three fates : drawing the shades -- A member of the wedding -- The sick hypochondriac -- The three fates : on tedium -- The safe side -- My life as a thanatologist -- The Janet Leigh variations -- The summer of hate and death -- Here be human dragons -- Miss Route 17's near-death experience under the boardwalk at the New Jersey shore -- Sigilisms of Miss Route 17's many hidden talents -- Death comes for the poet -- Flirting with the butcher -- The three fates and the barefoot angels -- At the terminal gate -- Miss Route 17's own Graceland -- Memorabilia : my guardian devils and the phantom of the opera gloves -- The three fates : when you go -- Of chrysanthemums, Tupperware, cremated remains, and FedEx-ing to the great beyond -- Miss Route 17's blue period -- The three fates : filling in the blanks -- On the reliance of verbs to survive death -- The queen of panmnesia. |
| Summary |
"How to Survive Death and Other Inconveniences explores the author's fear of death, as well as her desire to survive it, through gallows humor, vivid realism, as well as fantastical speculation"-- Provided by publisher |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Silverman, Sue William.
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Silverman, Sue William |
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Fear of death.
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Death -- Humor.
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Death |
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Fear of death |
| Genre/Form |
Humor
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Silverman, Sue William. How to survive death and other inconveniences. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2020] 9781496214096 (DLC) 2019030461 (OCoLC)1114279897 |
| ISBN |
9781496220998 (electronic bk.) |
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1496220994 (electronic bk.) |
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9781496214096 |
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1496214099 |
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