Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving
- ISBN-10
- 1501197630
- ISBN-13
- 9781501197635
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 384
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-11-02
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Author
- Mo Rocca
Description
From popular TV correspondent and writer Rocca comes a charmingly irreverent and rigorously researched book that celebrates the dead people who made life worth living.
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