false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175158137m/486298.jpg 486298 18 Johnny Gunther Jr. was only seventeen years old when he died of a brain tumor. During the months of his illness, everyone near him was unforgettably impressed by his level-headed courage, his wit and quiet friendliness, and, above all, his unfaltering patience through times of despair. This deeply moving book is a father's memoir of a brave, intelligent, and spirited boy. 1321803 book 1949 Death Be Not Proud (Perennial Classics) total:1585|5:426|4:535|3:441|2:144|1:39| 1585 5920 2012 154 3 3 false false Wed Apr 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Feb 29 15:57:07 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 27 20:09:47 -0700 2008
My new take on the ...more...]]> 1 2 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Jul 06 22:26:10 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 06 22:33:34 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 2 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 29 08:15:55 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 29 08:22:07 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 true false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 07:25:35 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 07:36:40 -0800 2008
for one thing, gunther references the intelligentsia of the 30s and 40s (somehow without seeming like he'...more...]]> 5 2 true false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Aug 09 22:17:07 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 19 01:40:08 -0700 2007 The book was written by the boy's father after his death, and in many ways i...more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 10:59:35 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 06 12:01:40 -0800 2009 2
I was amazed that brain surgery was as advanced in 1946 as it was. There have clearly been great strides in treating cancers since then, but the type which Johnny Gunther...more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Fri Aug 28 23:56:48 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 23:56:48 -0700 2009 Death Be Not P...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Sep 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 08:13:54 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 08:17:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 true false Wed Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 12:12:18 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 12:13:22 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 16:57:42 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 22:30:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 20:07:16 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 17:44:53 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 14:15:14 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 14:21:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 true false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 10 11:58:32 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 10 12:17:16 -0700 2008
This one very dissimilar to my own grief, as it is about the death of a child (17 yrs). Nonetheless it impressed me in various things.
- Gunther himself says at the end that "the whys and wherefores of the celestial bookkeeping inv...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun Sep 09 09:11:06 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 09 09:31:54 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1985 Wed Mar 21 08:59:35 -0700 2007 Wed Mar 21 09:36:11 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Dec 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 12:50:39 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 11:15:10 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 22:37:47 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 13:12:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 true false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 20 14:34:39 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 30 20:49:19 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Aug 13 21:27:28 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 09 01:03:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1956 Mon May 25 07:35:33 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 07:40:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=486298