For the Living

How do we seize life? For the Living covers 13 lessons learned by all kinds of people who've done just that. The author, from the personal to the professional, has seen all kinds of people at the edge of life -- both patients and elders, activists and survivors, healers and humanitarians -- leading lives only they can lead, making differences only they can make, and leaving legacies only they can leave. "These people, young and old, across vast differences, all live by a singular code," the author writes, "And that’s carpe vitam. They’re not content with just carpe diem, with seizing this day. They want to seize every day, for as long as life is theirs." And by learning from them, we can, too.