Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The author went to Oklahoma to meet the living, but spent winters trying to get to know the dead. In the dead of winter, Oklahomans carry on as they always have. #2 I went to Oklahoma to meet the living, but spent winters learning about the dead. The Freemans were the living, and I was trying to understand the dead.