erinlilika 's review for:

From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty

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this doesn’t quite break new ground like smoke gets in your eyes does, but it’s nonetheless always deeply comforting to hear doughty’s insights on death and ritual, and this book offers further hope and opportunity to learn from its forays into diverse relationships with death and the body around the world. the time after and around death can be so meaningful despite the pain associated, and i do feel i’ve genuinely benefited from shifting my mindset and incorporating new perspectives around these ideas. doughty’s work is just undeniably hugely impactful.