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Talk Before Sleep

by Elizabeth Berg

Published: 1994
Paperback : 210 pages

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How would you choose who you would like to "walk" with you in your last few months? Would you want to tell us about them?

Were there sentences or comments in the book that you would like to remember when you are facing your final days?

With anyone, have you ever had an honest discussion about your own death? Where would you like to be buried?

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by cakingsley (see profile) 01/16/11

ice cream sundaes with chocolate sauce, and mcDonald's French Fries--hot, please!

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"Talk Before Sleep"by Barbara M. (see profile) 07/19/14

The book delved into the real content of friendships. She had friends but these were friends that you die with - until the end when she decided it may be too much for them. It was an interesting look... (read more)

"Sad but Very Moving"by Kristi F. (see profile) 05/08/12

In this novel, Elizabeth Berg does an amazing job giving us a view into a friendship of two best friends. Ruth is dying from breast cancer and Ann is constantly by her side. You get a true sense of what... (read more)

"talk before sleep"by carole k. (see profile) 01/16/11

Read the book in a day. If it had been my personal copy, I would have underscored any number of sentences--things I would want to go back and re-read, type up and keep out in the open so I could again... (read more)

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