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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Arthur, Alua, author.
Title: Briefly perfectly human : making an authentic life by getting real about the end / Alua Arthur.
Description: First edition. | New York, NY : Mariner Books, [2024]
Identifiers: LCCN 2023044130 (print) | LCCN 2023044131 (ebook) | ISBN 9780063240032 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780063240063 (paperback) | ISBN 9780063240056 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Arthur, Alua. | Death. | Terminally ill—Care. | Conduct of life.
Classification: LCC HQ1073 .A78 2024 (print) | LCC HQ1073 (ebook) | DDC 306.9—dc23/eng/20231011
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023044130
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023044131
Digital Edition APRIL 2024 ISBN: 978-0-06-324005-6
Print ISBN: 978-0-06-324003-2