The Mansion of Happiness: A History of Life and Death
by Jill Lepore. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc.
About
From board games, including one called The Mansion of Happiness, to public-library children’s rooms to cryogenics, historian Lepore’s episodic inquiry into our evolving perceptions of life and death is full of surprises, irreverent wit, and arresting perceptions.
Awards Won
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Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction
The Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction were established in 2012 to recognize the best fiction and nonfiction books for adult readers published in the U.S. the previous year. |
2013 - Finalist(s) |
