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<v Speaker 1>This is the WBZ Book Club. I'm Jordan Rich with Thanksgiving.

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<v Speaker 1>Here a book to recommend by the late doctor Oliver Sachs,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's called Gratitude, as is his quote, I have

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<v Speaker 1>been a sentient, being a thinking animal on this beautiful planet,

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<v Speaker 1>and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and adventure.

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<v Speaker 1>Gratitude is a series of essays in which the late

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<v Speaker 1>doctor Sachs reflects on the accomplishments in his life, a

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<v Speaker 1>life soon to come to an end, and much of

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<v Speaker 1>it has to do with how he comes to terms

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<v Speaker 1>and copes with his own death. His point of view

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<v Speaker 1>is definitely distinctive. The final chapter in the book, Sabbath,

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<v Speaker 1>focuses on his young life being raised as an Orthodox Jew,

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<v Speaker 1>severing the ties with his religion when his mother rejected

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<v Speaker 1>him totally when she found out he was gay. Later

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<v Speaker 1>in life, doctor Sachs discovered the positive experience of Sabbath

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<v Speaker 1>and learned to enjoy the quote seventh day of his

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<v Speaker 1>life as well. A neuroscientist who brought hope and healing

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<v Speaker 1>to others throughout his life, this book expresses with eloquence

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<v Speaker 1>what he is going through as his life is coming

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<v Speaker 1>to an End Gratitude by doctor Oliver Sachs, The Book

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