In this wonderful collection of ten stories, renowned psychiatrist Professor Irvin D. Yalom describes the struggles of his patients—and his own—in confronting the two great challenges of existence: how to live a meaningful life while simultaneously being mindful of its inevitable end. Mortal Creatures is a heartfelt account of the difficulties of human life, but it is also a celebration of some of the most wonderful fruits—love, family, and friendship—that life can offer. Marcus Aurelius wrote in his Meditations: “We are all mortal creatures; both the rememberer and the remembered. All is fleeting—memory and the things it remembers. Soon you will have forgotten everything, and everything will have forgotten you. Always remember that soon you will be nobody, nowhere, and in the stories Professor Yalom tells us, we will find ways not only to make each day bearable, but also to make it meaningful and joyful.”