Jill Lepore. A sharp, illuminating history of ideas showing how America has wrestled with birth, childhood, work, marriage, old age and death. Brilliantly written and engaging throughout, the latest from New Yorker staff writer Lepore is about how American society reacts to change. A superb examination of the never-ending effort to enhance life, as well as the commensurate refusal to ever let it go.--KirkusSaturday, July 7, 2012
The Mansion of Happiness: A History of Life and Death
Jill Lepore. A sharp, illuminating history of ideas showing how America has wrestled with birth, childhood, work, marriage, old age and death. Brilliantly written and engaging throughout, the latest from New Yorker staff writer Lepore is about how American society reacts to change. A superb examination of the never-ending effort to enhance life, as well as the commensurate refusal to ever let it go.--Kirkus
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