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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780593239056
- Book Title
- Unclaimed : Abandonment and Hope in the City of Angels
- Publisher
- Crown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
- Item Length
- 9.5 in
- Publication Year
- 2024
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Genre
- Family & Relationships, Social Science
- Topic
- Death & Dying, Death, Grief, Bereavement, Sociology / General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
- Item Weight
- 18.8 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 336 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Crown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
0593239059
ISBN-13
9780593239056
eBay Product ID (ePID)
12061454165
Product Key Features
Book Title
Unclaimed : Abandonment and Hope in the City of Angels
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Death & Dying, Death, Grief, Bereavement, Sociology / General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Publication Year
2024
Genre
Family & Relationships, Social Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
18.8 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2023-048688
Dewey Edition
23/eng/20231213
Reviews
"A work of grace . . . Both cleareyed and disturbing, yet pulsing with empathy." -- The New York Times Book Review "Trust me that you'll be captivated by this book about death. The Unclaimed tells remarkably vivid, intimate stories about four people in Los Angeles whose bodies went unclaimed after they died. . . . This lyrical and moving book raises profound questions about what we owe our family, our neighbors, and our fellow citizens." --NPR "A deeply compelling, utterly original account of all those whose bodies lie unclaimed in a Los Angeles morgue . . . [ The Unclaimed ] is a book that speaks to the power of narrative. Hearing stories makes us feel less alone. Hearing stories pushes us to ask hard questions of ourselves. This book has landed at just the right moment. . . . I didn't expect to come away feeling so sanguine about humanity." -- The Atlantic " The Unclaimed . . . poignantly illustrates the forces that leave so many vulnerable to homelessness and addiction as well as to social isolation, excavating the growing population of those who are left to die without a community." --The New Republic "Here's hoping you can read one-handed. Left or right, you'll need the other hand to place over your mouth when you're touched by the beauty and humanity inside The Unclaimed ." --Wyoming Tribune Eagle "What The Unclaimed lays bare about our families, our loneliness, our poverty--and our decency and courage, as well--demands that we reexamine our own lives while we still have breath." --Matthew Desmond, author of Poverty, by America "Powerful. Haunting. This book is living witness to the millions of forgotten dead, reminding us that we reaffirm our own humanity each time we tell the stories of those already gone." --Kate Bowler, author of Everything Happens for a Reason " The Unclaimed is a stunning work of narrative journalism that takes on the difficult, even taboo subject of society's unclaimed dead. . . . Pamela Prickett and Stefan Timmermans . . . explain how our flawed systems threaten to withhold this final dignity for society's most vulnerable." --Roxanna Asgarian, author of We Were Once a Family "With exceptional humanity, The Unclaimed follows the dead who have fallen through the cracks of Los Angeles' stifling postmortem bureaucracy. A bracing and impressive read." --Caitlin Doughty, author of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes " The Unclaimed reveals just how easy it is for even relatively stable Americans to slide into lives of ghastly isolation, and to die alone." --Jill Leovy, author of Ghettoside "A gripping and compassionate account that leaves us with a feeling of social and personal responsibility for our kin, our community, and ourselves." --BookPage, starred review "An unsettling study of how social fracturing and community breakdown underpin lonely deaths . . . researched and written with appropriate sensitivity, care, and dignity." --Kirkus Reviews, "A work of grace . . . Both cleareyed and disturbing, yet pulsing with empathy." -- The New York Times Book Review "Trust me that you'll be captivated by this book about death. The Unclaimed tells remarkably vivid, intimate stories about four people in Los Angeles whose bodies went unclaimed after they died . . . This lyrical and moving book raises profound questions about what we owe our family, our neighbors, and our fellow citizens." --NPR "A deeply compelling, utterly original account of all those whose bodies lie unclaimed in a Los Angeles morgue . . . [ The Unclaimed ] is a book that speaks to the power of narrative. Hearing stories makes us feel less alone. Hearing stories pushes us to ask hard questions of ourselves. This book has landed at just the right moment. . . . I didn't expect to come away feeling so sanguine about humanity." -- The Atlantic " The Unclaimed . . . poignantly illustrates the forces that leave so many vulnerable to homelessness and addiction as well as to social isolation, excavating the growing population of those who are left to die without a community." --The New Republic "Here's hoping you can read one-handed. Left or right, you'll need the other hand to place over your mouth when you're touched by the beauty and humanity inside The Unclaimed ." --Wyoming Tribune Eagle "What The Unclaimed lays bare about our families, our loneliness, our poverty--and our decency and courage, as well--demands that we reexamine our own lives while we still have breath." --Matthew Desmond, author of Poverty, by America "Powerful. Haunting. This book is living witness to the millions of forgotten dead, reminding us that we reaffirm our own humanity each time we tell the stories of those already gone." --Kate Bowler, author of Everything Happens for a Reason " The Unclaimed is a stunning work of narrative journalism that takes on the difficult, even taboo subject of society's unclaimed dead. . . . Pamela Prickett and Stefan Timmermans . . . explain how our flawed systems threaten to withhold this final dignity for society's most vulnerable." --Roxanna Asgarian, author of We Were Once a Family "With exceptional humanity, The Unclaimed follows the dead who have fallen through the cracks of Los Angeles' stifling postmortem bureaucracy. A bracing and impressive read." --Caitlin Doughty, author of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes " The Unclaimed reveals just how easy it is for even relatively stable Americans to slide into lives of ghastly isolation, and to die alone." --Jill Leovy, author of Ghettoside "A gripping and compassionate account that leaves us with a feeling of social and personal responsibility for our kin, our community, and ourselves." --BookPage, starred review "An unsettling study of how social fracturing and community breakdown underpin lonely deaths . . . researched and written with appropriate sensitivity, care, and dignity." --Kirkus Reviews, "Cleareyed and disturbing, yet pulsing with empathy . . . [This] book is a work of grace." --The New York Times " The Unclaimed is a rare and compassionate look into the lives of Americans who go unclaimed when they die and those who dedicate their lives to burying them with dignity. This humane and deeply reported book is full of surprises, insights, and tender moments that culminate in a powerful indictment of American life. What The Unclaimed lays bare about our families, our loneliness, our poverty--and our decency and courage, as well--demands that we reexamine our own lives while we still have breath." --Matthew Desmond, author of Poverty, by America "Powerful. Haunting. This book is living witness to the millions of forgotten dead, reminding us that we reaffirm our own humanity each time we tell the stories of those already gone." --Kate Bowler, author of Everything Happens for a Reason " The Unclaimed is a stunning work of narrative journalism that takes on the difficult, even taboo subject of society's unclaimed dead. Through the stories of several very different people whose bodies end up in the care of the state for very different reasons, Pamela Prickett and Stefan Timmermans carefully and tenderly humanize who these people were in life, and in the process, explain how our flawed systems threaten to withhold this final dignity for society's most vulnerable." --Roxanna Asgarian, author of We Were Once a Family "With exceptional humanity, The Unclaimed follows the dead who have fallen through the cracks of Los Angeles' stifling postmortem bureaucracy. A bracing and impressive read." --Caitlin Doughty, author of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes " The Unclaimed reveals just how easy it is for even relatively stable Americans to slide into lives of ghastly isolation, and to die alone. The stories it tells are troubling and compelling, and its exploration of the hidden corners of this reality is unique and important." --Jill Leovy, author of Ghettoside "Groundbreaking . . . [and] extremely moving . . . Prickett and Timmermans humanize the dead with aching specificity, granting these few the honor that so many others deserve. . . . A gripping and compassionate account that leaves us with a feeling of social and personal responsibility for our kin, our community, and ourselves." --BookPage, starred review "Poignant . . . An unsettling study of how social fracturing and community breakdown underpin lonely deaths . . . researched and written with appropriate sensitivity, care, and dignity." --Kirkus Reviews, " The Unclaimed is a rare and compassionate look into the lives of Americans who go unclaimed when they die and those who dedicate their lives to burying them with dignity. This humane and deeply reported book is full of surprises, insights, and tender moments that culminate in a powerful indictment of American life. What The Unclaimed lays bare about our families, our loneliness, our poverty--and our decency and courage, as well--demands that we reexamine our own lives while we still have breath." --Matthew Desmond, author of Poverty, by America "Powerful. Haunting. This book is living witness to the millions of forgotten dead, reminding us that we reaffirm our own humanity each time we tell the stories of those already gone." --Kate Bowler, author of Everything Happens for a Reason " The Unclaimed is a stunning work of narrative journalism that takes on the difficult, even taboo subject of society's unclaimed dead. Through the stories of several very different people whose bodies end up in the care of the state for very different reasons, Pamela Prickett and Stefan Timmermans carefully and tenderly humanize who these people were in life, and in the process, explain how our flawed systems threaten to withhold this final dignity for society's most vulnerable." --Roxanna Asgarian, author of We Were Once a Family "With exceptional humanity, The Unclaimed follows the dead who have fallen through the cracks of Los Angeles' stifling postmortem bureaucracy. A bracing and impressive read." --Caitlin Doughty, author of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes " The Unclaimed reveals just how easy it is for even relatively stable Americans to slide into lives of ghastly isolation, and to die alone. The stories it tells are troubling and compelling, and its exploration of the hidden corners of this reality is unique and important." --Jill Leovy, author of Ghettoside "Poignant . . . An unsettling study of how social fracturing and community breakdown underpin lonely deaths . . . researched and written with appropriate sensitivity, care, and dignity." --Kirkus Reviews
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Dewey Decimal
363.7/5
Synopsis
"A rare and compassionate look into the lives of Americans who go unclaimed when they die and those who dedicate their lives to burying them with dignity."-Matthew Desmond, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Poverty, by America "A work of grace . . . Both cleareyed and disturbing, yet pulsing with empathy."- The New York Times (Editors' Choice) FINALIST FOR THE J. ANTHONY LUKAS BOOK PRIZE . ONE OF THE ATLANTIC 'S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR . AN NPR AND BOOKPAGE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR For centuries, people who died destitute or alone were buried in potters' fields-a Dickensian end that even the most hard-pressed families tried to avoid. Today, more and more relatives are abandoning their dead, leaving it to local governments to dispose of the bodies. Up to 150,000 Americans now go unclaimed each year. Who are they? Why are they being forgotten? And what is the meaning of life if your death doesn't matter to others? In this extraordinary work of narrative nonfiction, eight years in the making, sociologists Pamela Prickett and Stefan Timmermans uncover a hidden social world. They follow four individuals in Los Angeles, tracing the twisting, poignant paths that put each at risk of going unclaimed, and introducing us to the scene investigators, notification officers, and crematorium workers who care for them when no one else will. The Unclaimed lays bare the difficult truth that anyone can be abandoned. It forces us to confront a variety of social ills, from the fracturing of families and the loneliness of cities to the toll of rising inequality. But it is also filled with unexpected moments of tenderness. In Boyle Heights, a Mexican American neighborhood not far from the glitter of Hollywood, hundreds of strangers come together each year to mourn the deaths of people they never knew. These ceremonies, springing up across the country, reaffirm our shared humanity and help mend our frayed social fabric. Beautifully crafted and profoundly empathetic, The Unclaimed urges us to expand our circle of caring-in death and in life., "A rare and compassionate look into the lives of Americans who go unclaimed when they die and those who dedicate their lives to burying them with dignity."--Matthew Desmond, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Poverty, by America "A work of grace . . . Both cleareyed and disturbing, yet pulsing with empathy."-- The New York Times (Editors' Choice) FINALIST FOR THE J. ANTHONY LUKAS BOOK PRIZE - ONE OF THE ATLANTIC 'S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR - AN NPR AND BOOKPAGE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR For centuries, people who died destitute or alone were buried in potters' fields--a Dickensian end that even the most hard-pressed families tried to avoid. Today, more and more relatives are abandoning their dead, leaving it to local governments to dispose of the bodies. Up to 150,000 Americans now go unclaimed each year. Who are they? Why are they being forgotten? And what is the meaning of life if your death doesn't matter to others? In this extraordinary work of narrative nonfiction, eight years in the making, sociologists Pamela Prickett and Stefan Timmermans uncover a hidden social world. They follow four individuals in Los Angeles, tracing the twisting, poignant paths that put each at risk of going unclaimed, and introducing us to the scene investigators, notification officers, and crematorium workers who care for them when no one else will. The Unclaimed lays bare the difficult truth that anyone can be abandoned. It forces us to confront a variety of social ills, from the fracturing of families and the loneliness of cities to the toll of rising inequality. But it is also filled with unexpected moments of tenderness. In Boyle Heights, a Mexican American neighborhood not far from the glitter of Hollywood, hundreds of strangers come together each year to mourn the deaths of people they never knew. These ceremonies, springing up across the country, reaffirm our shared humanity and help mend our frayed social fabric. Beautifully crafted and profoundly empathetic, The Unclaimed urges us to expand our circle of caring--in death and in life., An intimate, deeply moving investigation of an underreported phenomenon--the rising number of unclaimed dead in America today--and what it says about the state of our society.
LC Classification Number
HQ1073.5.U6P75 2024
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