The voices of the dead - speaking of their lives, their hopes and dreams - echo through this book. In vivid, tender, thought-provoking pieces, Danny Morrison celebrates the indomitable human spirit that sustains us through our darkest moments.
The focus shifts from the tragic, long-drawn-out death of Danny's beloved sister to the violent killing of an IRA Volunteer, from the suicide of an unhappy, lonely woman in Belfast to the last days of a young Canadian soldier killed during the First World War.
With sorrow but also with wry humour, Morrison evokes the presence of these dead and writes movingly of their lasting legacy - what he has learned from them about how to live, how to forgive and how to love.