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Dying Truth: What Happens and What Helps

Elise Luce

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Seven deaths, counting down. What each family had, who showed up, and what had already been decided.

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Cover of Dying Truth: What Happens and What Helps by Elise Luce

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Anyone who visits homes where someone is dying will recognize these seven families. Anyone about to start will learn what the room asks of the people in it.

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