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Mar 2025
36m 19s

5: Making Peace with Death

Sony Music, Corinne Vien, Jacob Haendel
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Jake was given just six months to live, and now that deadline is closing in. As his body is wracked by a series of violent autonomic storms, his hospice nurse fears the worst. The final moments seem inevitable—last rites are read, and his wife prepares to say goodbye. But then, Jake comes face to face with death itself… and what happens next defies all expec ... Show More
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