The mansion of happiness : a history of life and death / Jill Lepore.

A history of American ideas about life and death from before the cradle to beyond the grave.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lepore, Jill, 1966-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.
Edition:1st ed.
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505 0 |a Introduction: The mansion of happiness -- Hatched -- Baby good -- The children's room -- All about erections -- Mr. Marriage -- Happiness minutes -- Confessions of an amateur mother -- Happy old age -- The gate of heaven -- Resurrection -- Last words -- A chronology. 
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