A Literary Companion For Living in the Shadow
Frederick Buechner on the death of his brother, and imagining his own
On the day he turned 72, Frederick Buechner received a call from his younger brother and best friend Jamie. “He told me he had incurable cancer of virtually everything and didn’t intend to be around for more than two weeks more if he could possibly help it. He then added, ‘By the way, Happy Birthday,’ at which he managed somehow to give his extraordinar…
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