All the Living and the Dead: An Exploration of the People Who Make Death Their Life's Work by Amazonundefined
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A superlative piece of writing... provocative, loving and profound
THE TIMES
Without exaggeration, an awe-inspiring achievement NIGELLA LAWSON
Moving, funny, and liable to unexpectedly cause me to tear up NEIL GAIMAN
An
Irish Times
Book of the Year
In this profoundly moving and remarkable book, journalist Hayley Campbell explores societys attitudes towards death, and the impact on those who work with it every day. If the reason were outsourcing this burden is because its too much for us, she asks, how do
they
deal with it? Would facing death directly make us fear it less? Inspired by her own childhood fascination with the subject, she meets embalmers and a former death row executioner, mass fatality investigators and a bereavement midwife. She talks to gravediggers who have already dug their own graves and questions a man whose job it is to make crime scenes disappear. Through Campbells incisive and candid interviews with people who see death every day, she asks: Does seeing death change you as a person? And are we all missing something vital by letting death remain hidden?
Essential, compassionate, honest Audrey Niffenegger, author of
THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE
Never macabre... poignant... Transformative
FINANCIAL TIMES
Product information
- Długość wersji drukowanej:268 str.
- Język:Angielski
- Wydawca:Bloomsbury UK
- Data publikacji:16 lutego 2023
- Wymiary:12.6 x 2.1 x 19.6 cm
- ISBN-10:1526601435
- ISBN-13:978-1526601438
- Author:Hayley Campbell
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