The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries (P.S.) Jewish Historical Fiction formulated out of the influences

formulated out of the influences of his past

Beginning with his marriage to the young descendant of a once-prominent New Mexican family

and Aydon's biography never loses sight of the man and the family that stood behind him throughout his career

using the color that matches the sky on that day

Readers of The Five People You Meet in Heaven will recognize the warmth and emotion so redolent of Albom's writing

The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries (P.S.) Jewish Historical Fiction formulated out of the influencesA light hearted look at the history and practice of the ultimate human interest story, the obituary. What a wonderful surprisea charming, lyrical book about the men and women who write obituaries. The Dead Beat is sly, droll, and completely winning. David Halberstam Where can readers celebrate the life of the pharmacist who moonlighted as a spy, the genius behind Sea Monkeys, the school lunch lady who spent her evenings as a ballroom hostess? The