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Oct 3, 2017

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

Caitlin Doughty looks at how different countries handle death and dying. Let's face it most Americans are petrified of death and wouldn't even have a loved one's dead body in their house, even if their passing was peaceful. It was a different story for our ancestors, as Caitlin reveals. And whilst funeral pyres, 'recomposition’ and natural burials are making slow inroads in the US; countries like Japan and Mexico, amongst others, embrace death, devoting days to commune with their loved ones who have long passed over (although, in Mexico they aren't afraid to take advice from 007!)


A fascinating, funny and kind of spiritual look at how different cultures view the D word.

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