This book sheds such a respectful light on death rituals from around the world. For a practitioner obviously educated in one manner to be so open to other cultures and practices is sadly a rarity. 

Caitlin discusses a wide variety of practices with accompanying trips and even involvement in death rituals of others. She contrasts western and American ideologies and practices of death to expose the reader to new possibilities and concepts. 

My two favorite parts were her connection of how we handle grief and loss with how we treat corpses. In addition she includes a guide to respectful thanotourism (tourism related to death/funerals) that I think is lacking in so many similar blogs, books, etc.