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    <body><![CDATA[Dr. Ross shares her interviews with people who are on the verge of dying - most from long-term illnesses.  I read this book before my own mother died from a brief battle with cancer and I feel it helped me to catch just a glimpse of what she was going through in the dying process.<br/><br/>=^..^=...]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Not as good as <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/136251.Harry_Potter_and_the_Deathly_Hallows_Book_7_" title="Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) by J.K. Rowling">On Death and Dying</a>, but still an important work in the collection of books that Kubler-Ross wrote to bring awareness to the taboo topic of death. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7426325">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this book but didn't end up finishing it because I had to return it to the library. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[difficult to read, but personally important information ]]></body>
    
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