Unforgettable a son, a mother, and the lessons of a lifetime

"When NPR's Scott Simon began tweeting from his mother's hospital room in July 2013, he didn't know that his missives would soon spread well beyond his 1.2 million Twitter followers. Squeezing the magnitude of his final days with her into 140-character updates, Simon's ... meditations spread virally...

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Main Author: Simon, Scott (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Flatiron Books, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
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