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“These are human acts, acts of bravery and love in the face of death and loss.”

In the best form of death positivity, the internet’s favorite mortician travels the world to witness current death, funeral, and burial rituals. She hangs out with a mummified grandfather who has his own bedroom in Indonesia. She attends an open-pyre funeral in the United States. She visits a body farm, where researchers are working on perfecting human composting. As an American, where death is feared and sanitized, it’s eye-opening to see how other cultures elegantly handle death and dying.

✨ From Embrace Life with These Books about Death Positivity at Crooked Reads.

Captured over five years of studying assisted dying, this intimate book tells the stories of the patients, nurses, and activists close to the cause of “dying with dignity.” Get to know the people who planned their deaths and invited family members to attend—and the ones whose family members disagreed with their decision. It’s powerful and sure to spark some much needed conversations.

Full disclosure that I worked on this book, but I promise this rec would come even if I didn’t have a hand in its production.

✨ From Embrace Life with These Books about Death Positivity at Crooked Reads.

Sallie Tisdale spent more than a decade working in palliative care, so if anyone knows about the dying process, it’s her. This book is both a compassionate guidebook and compilation of anecdotes from the many deaths she’s witnessed. If you only read one book about death positivity, make it this one.

✨ From Embrace Life with These Books about Death Positivity at Crooked Reads.