I happened to read this immediately after finishing “As I Lay Dying” - which may seem like I was on a theme, but it was just a coincidental timing of wait lists at the library. That one I can recommend to almost anyone. In that case I would be more inclined to recommend her second book “From Here to Eternity” which explores a variety of different cultural practices regarding death from all around the world. I can’t recommend it for everyone, as some people might find the frank descriptions of decay and of what happens to bodies in contemporary North-American funeral practices too difficult to get through. I really enjoyed this book, and I got through it pretty quickly because it was engaging and that made it hard to put down. A few years ago I would not have made it through this book, but watching Caitlin’s “Ask a Mortician” on YouTube over the past few years prepared me for the honest and sometimes startling way she describes the realities of death.
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