FINALIST FOR THE KIRKUS PRIZE FOR NONFICTION - ONE OF TIME'S 100 MUST-READ BOOKS OF THE YEAR - ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S CRITICS' PICKS - ONE OF THE BOSTON GLOBE'S 55 BOOKS WE LOVED THIS YEAR - ONE OF KIRKUS'S BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE YEAR- An intimate, insightful, at times even humorous blend of memoir and philosophy that examines why the thought of death is so compulsive for...