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A young boy hears the voice of his deceased sister and asks his mother about death. His mother explains how it is like everything going quiet and is like a dream. Later, the boy dreams he is with his sister and the pair goes on a bike ride where she shows him various places and they share some marzipan.
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"When Little Meadow Mouse is born, all the animals are happy, except for Squirrel. He notices that Little Meadow Mouse is ill. The baby gets weaker and weaker. Beaver, Hamster, Porcupine and Squirrel stay close to him and his Mommy. After Little Meadow Mouse takes his final breath, the other animals take him to the sea to say goodbye."
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"I asked God if he please couldn't take my brother Matthies instead of my rabbit. 'Amen.' Ten-year-old Jas has a unique way of experiencing her universe: the feeling of udder ointment on her skin as protection against harsh winters; the texture of green warts, like capers, on migrating toads; the sound of 'blush words' that aren't in the Bible. But when a tragic accident ruptures the family, her curiosity warps into a vortex of increasingly disturbing...
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"Hendrik Groen may be old, but he is far from dead and isn't planning to be buried any time soon. Granted, his daily strolls are getting shorter because his legs are no longer willing and he has to visit his doctor more than he'd like. Technically speaking he is...elderly. But surely there is more to life at his age than weak tea and potted geraniums? Hendrik sets out to write an exposé: a year in the life of his care home in Amsterdam, revealing...
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A philosophical conversation about death from the author of I Give You My Heart. "Are you going to die, Grandpa?" "Someday, sweetheart. But I hope not too soon." Their simple exchange covers a lot of philosophical ground. Grandpa allows that "no one really knows" what happens after death, but he tells Christopher that some people think of heaven ("a place without sadness or war"), others of rebirth ("each time, you get wiser"), and others of "nothing"...
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