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A review by shelfcarebyken
All the Living and the Dead by Hayley Campbell
4.0
After reading and loving Caitlin Doughty’s first book and seeing that she blurbed this one, I was incredibly intrigued to start this. Unlike Doughty, Campbell is not a death worker, but a journalist sharing her experiences interviewing and working alongside death workers for the sole purpose of this book.
I loved learning about all different kinds of death work from the perspective of someone being introduced to the field, but don’t get me wrong - Campbell may not be a death worker, but her knowledge and research is evident in this book.
I also particularly appreciated the afterword of this book focusing on the trauma death workers and Campbell herself gain from working so closely with the dead. The vulnerability and rawness of Campbell’s experience truly made this book for me.
I loved learning about all different kinds of death work from the perspective of someone being introduced to the field, but don’t get me wrong - Campbell may not be a death worker, but her knowledge and research is evident in this book.
I also particularly appreciated the afterword of this book focusing on the trauma death workers and Campbell herself gain from working so closely with the dead. The vulnerability and rawness of Campbell’s experience truly made this book for me.