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The Closer We Are to Dying : A Memoir of Father and Family
The Closer We Are to Dying A Memoir of Father and Family Author:Joe Fiorito In the 1950s in Fort William, Ontario, everyone knew Dusty Fiorito. He was handsome and hard and hot-tempered. A letter carrier, a small-town trombonist, an occasional crooner, and a heavy drinker, Dusty was both the keeper and maker of his Italian family’s many stories. At the end of his life, as Dusty lay dying in a hospital, Joe sat wit... more »h him at night, listening one last time to the family legends. Rich and compelling, The Closer We Are to Dying is Joe Fiorito’s brilliant tribute to a complicated man and an affecting testament to the power of family ties.« less