"The Violet Hour: Great Writers At The End" by Kate Roiphe *****

• Early Review edition
• Publication in 2016
• US author
• Review:  If you ever ponder death, your own or someone else's, then I believe you would find this book to be brilliant, fascinating, and in some ways uplifting.  The author, who has had her own brush with death, shares the results of her in-depth research on the last days and lifelong influences of Susan Sontag, Sigmund Freud, John Updike, Dylan Thomas, and Maurice Sendak.  She adds commentary, but primarily lets the research speak for itself.  I will just add the words of James Salter, whom the author spoke with after completing her research, "We make our own comfort."

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