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This Party's Dead
This Party's Dead: Grief, Joy and Spilled Rum at the World's Death Festivals | Erica Buist
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Journalist Erica Buist travels to seven death festivals around the world (Nepal, Madagascar, Indonesia, Sicily, Japan, Mexico and New Orleans) in search of better attitudes towards death
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When the author‘s soon to be father in law died suddenly, she was deeply affected by his passing. Determined to overcome her fear of death and dying, she decided to attend seven different cultural celebrations in widely diverse nations to see how human mortality is handled. This may sound very solemn and gloomy, but this book is quite humorous in places. Very uplifting. Highly recommended.

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I loved this! Such a good reflection on our relationship (or lack thereof) with death through the lens of a grieving woman and 7 death festivals from around the world. I enjoyed getting a look into different cultures and how they approach mortality and the afterlife. Emotional, eye opening and wonderfully funny at the the right moments. I read this in one sitting. Would highly recommend to fans of Caitlin Doughty.

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