The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead

NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Weaving together personal anecdote, biological fact, philosophical doubt, cultural criticism, and the wisdom of an eclectic range of writers and thinkers, a book that expertly renders both a hilarious family portrait and a truly resonant meditation on mortality.

"Shields is a sharp-eyed, self-deprecating, at times hilarious writer."
-The Wall Street Journal

Mesmerized and somewhat unnerved by his 97-year-old father's vitality and optimism, David Shields undertakes an orig...