Accompanying the Dying: Deanna Cochrane - doula and caregiving

The Afterlife of Billy Fingers: Annie Kagan - memoir

All About Love: Bell Hooks - inspiration to help us instill caring, compassion, and strength in our homes, schools, and workplaces.

All the Living and The Dead: Hayley Campbell - journalist writes about the death industry and workers in that industry

Antiphon: Jane Flynn and Christina Holbrook - Grief

The Art of Dying Well: Katy Butler - educational; living & dying

The Art of Grieving: Shelia Collins - Grief & memoir

At Heaven's Door: William Peters - shared journeys to the afterlife

Awake at the Bedside: Koshin Paley Ellison, Matt Weingast, et al - Palliative and hospice care and caregiving

What was your favorite part? What interesting thing did you learn? What was your favorite quote?

I do A LOT of reading about death, dying and grief, obviously. I liked her conversational style. It made reading and understanding the book easy and enjoyable despite the seriousness of the topic. Despite all my reading,

Despite all my reading, I had never heard of the Promession process where a body is cryogenically frozen and crystallized and then reduced. I think it sounds fascinating, but would be happy if more aquamation - resomation were more readily accepted and available in the US.

My favorite quote was the last sentence from the Grieving chapter: "Grief is the breath after the last one."