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Last Rites

Last Rites

A fascinating and candid primer

Book, Book Review, Library, WisdomCaren MartineauFebruary 23, 2023Non Fiction, History, Culture, Rituals, Funeral Directors, Funeral, Midwife, Burial Practices, Funerary Rites, Traditions

All About Love: New Visions

All About Love: New Visions

Love is an action

Library, Book Review, Book, WisdomCaren MartineauFebruary 23, 2023Non Fiction, philosophy, love, Best Seller, Toni Morrison, Thomas Merton, Grief, Death, Culture, Author

This Party's Dead

This Party's Dead

Grief, joy and spiced rum.

Wisdom, Library, Book Review, BookCaren MartineauJanuary 6, 2023Non Fiction, Travel, Memoir, Culture, Rituals, Grief, Grief Workers, Dying, New Orleans, Big Easy, Indigenous Cultures, History, Green Burial, Comedy

The Measure

The Measure

This excellent little novel will keep you on your toes, keep you thinking and wrench your heart in the most lovely ways.

Wisdom, Library, BookCaren MartineauOctober 3, 2022Best Seller, NYTimes bestseller, Fantasy, Death, Dying, Mortality, Culture, Society, Author