1. Do We Need to Face Death to Truly Appreciate Life?

Join us for a discussion of I See You’ve Called in Dead by John Kenney, a darkly funny novel that begins when an obituary writer opens the paper and discovers his own death, forcing him to confront his life, choices, and what it really means to be alive.
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smkelly
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1. Do We Need to Face Death to Truly Appreciate Life?

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Life and death are intrinsically connected throughout this novel, as Bud’s confrontations with death are what drive him to begin to truly live.

Do you believe this is an extreme position? Must we confront death so head-on in order to appreciate our lives?
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JudyT
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Re: 1. Do We Need to Face Death to Truly Appreciate Life?

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Not necessarily, but I feel like if we’ve had a close personal experience with death, it speeds up, and perhaps makes even deeper and more meaningful, our appreciation for life.
Last edited by JudyT on Thu Jul 09, 2026 7:46 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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