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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

My Father's Wake

My Father's Wake

Where sorrow meets celebration

Book Review, Library, Wisdom, Book, Book Group SelectionCaren MartineauFebruary 23, 2023Non Fiction, Irish, History, Memoir, Dying, Wake, Mortality, Ancestral, Rituals, TED Talk

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