From the Bookshelf of Tyler Public Library…

[close] It seemed only fitting that I chose to read Caitlin Doughty's “From Here to Eternity" on a rainy Saturday afternoon on the third anniversary of my mother’s death and contemplate a subject that makes most of us a little squeamish. Doughty's book is a frank and good humored look at death rituals around the world. "All will die...We avoid the death that surrounds us at our own peril, missing its beauty and its lessons. Death avoidance is not an individual failing; it's a cultural one."
There is much within these pages to think on and learn. Highly recommended.