Yours Truly: An Obituary Writer’s Guide to Telling Your Story by James R Hagerty
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This book is a game changer. Or maybe I’m just the kind of person who loves to think about legacy. What’s that quote? Every time a person dies a library burns?
Hagerty teaches us how to record our life stories. Longform or short form (obit), Hagerty teaches us what questions to ask, and comes dangerously close to pure philosophy – asking you to ask yourself what are you doing with this one, precious life? Hagerty weaves in the life stories he’s gathered across his career in order to demonstrate different points. The stories inspire me.
This will be a difficult book to return to the library and one that I will no doubt seek out again.
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