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Am motivated to get all my affairs in order as well as know what really needs to happen when. My niece is going through this situation and it astonishes me how one assumes things but have no idea of the logistics. For example, a company that offers 2 times salary life insurance… how and when is that distributed, does it get considered into probate, etc etc. I think I will purchase this - does anyone know of a more recent guidebook?

As Alua says, “Holy f***ing shit!” I love the way Alua shares what she hopes for as she envisions of her own death. This memoir is well written and beautifully she gives us examples how those with whom she has coached during their deaths. A death doula walking a special path with others during such an emotional process. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

A beautiful memoir of a death doula. While she shares experiences from her work, I‘d say more than half of this is about Alua‘s life. Her interactions with clients and their families were touching. My favorite part was the epilogue in which she writes about her vision of what dying could be like, and how she would like to die.

A lovely memoir that is as much about being alive as it as about this one individual's life.

Nurse Julie started her career in ICU. After some painful experiences she observed with other patients, she knew she wanted to take another approach to care: the most important care we so often don‘t talk about: care for the dying. So began her work in hospice! I follow her socials and recommend it as it is very educational. As a hospice volunteer, I was already familiar with many things in this book, but, there is always more to learn, ⬇️

It‘s fine, but not terribly helpful for my situation. I appreciate the difference this book and its author made in the medical profession, but it‘s definitely both specialized and dated.

Another very timely moment.

Well, this seems to hit the nail on the head, not so specifically about dying, but generally for the existential crisis of our times.

A look at the funny side of death including historic funerary practices, unhinged obituaries, unusual funerals, and out-of-pocket deathbed confessions.
If you‘re a fan of Caitlin Doughty, you‘ll enjoy this book.

This is a fascinating book, fully illustrated with colour photographs (and a few reproductions of pamphlets and such, though these are generally too small to see much detail). Some of the ways in which these “catacomb saints“ are decorated are amazing to see, just in terms of craft.

Not one I read because I venerate saints, and probably a little too academic/secular to please those who do.