Author

Publication

2003-11-04 - Pocket

Language

English

Word Count

52,000 words, Guess

Page Count

208 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100743480651
  • ISBN-139780743480659
  • Goodreads757453
  • LibraryThing8392
  • Open LibraryOL7951161M

Description

Better Living Through Death brings a companion piece to Alan Ball's mortuary family drama, not as a collection of writing *about the show*, but a meta-artifact *from* the show: readers are graced with a scrapbook collection of letters, photos, valentines, post-cards, short-stories, diary entries, chatlogs and other tidbits from throughout the Fisher's lives, written by the show's writing and producing staff as if by the characters themselves. You'll finally be able to read the first two chapters of Nathaniel & Isobel (young adult fiction favorite of Billy and Brenda Chenowith), portions of Dr. Feinberg's meditation on Brenda's childhood, and letters home to Ruth Fisher from Vietnam.

First Sentence

The first encounter with death that I remember is when our family dog, a nervous brown dachshund named Fritzi, was run over by our next-door neighbor.

Subjects

Places

People

Alan Ball

Times

2001-2005

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