A Library for the Death Curious

Farewell Library is a collection of writing, books, conversations, and ideas for anyone who wants to better understand death, dying, grief, caregiving, and what it means to live with mortality.

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The Hospice Doctor’s Widow by Jennifer A. O’Brien
The Hospice Doctor’s Widow by Jennifer A. O’Brien
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Graveyards: A History of Living with the Dead
Graveyards: A History of Living with the Dead
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Joan Didion’s “Blue Nights” and the Sharp Edge of Grief
Joan Didion’s “Blue Nights” and the Sharp Edge of Grief
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Never Can Say Goodbye by Darnell Lamont Walker
Never Can Say Goodbye by Darnell Lamont Walker
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The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
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In the Absence of the Ordinary by Francis Weller
In the Absence of the Ordinary by Francis Weller
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All That Remains by Sue Black
All That Remains by Sue Black

In All That Remains, forensic anthropologist Sue Black invites us into a lifetime spent with the dead. Part memoir and part anatomy lesson, her book is unflinching in detail yet deeply reverent, reminding us that honesty about the body can itself be a form of compassion.

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Knife by Salman Rushdie
Knife by Salman Rushdie
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Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
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Morning Altars by Day Schildkret
Morning Altars by Day Schildkret
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The Life Impossible by Matt Haig
The Life Impossible by Matt Haig
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In My Time of Dying by Sebastian Junger
In My Time of Dying by Sebastian Junger
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The Death Doula’s Guide by Francesca Arnoldy
The Death Doula’s Guide by Francesca Arnoldy
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Judith Letting Go by Mark Dowie
Judith Letting Go by Mark Dowie
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The Women by Kristen Hannah
The Women by Kristen Hannah
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Jade loves to talk books and death literacy. Listen to Episode #82 of Best Life Best Death Podcast to hear Jade’s discussion with Diane Hullet on How Reading Shapes Our Experience of Death and Grief.

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I don’t write about the deaths of historical literary figures to scare anyone. I write about them because they show us that people who spent their lives contemplating death still lived with the perennial fear of the very thing they studied. To
Death used to happen in the home. Families were prepared for it because aging, decline, and the dying process, also happened in the home. Families tended the dying. Communities served the dead. Today, we have outsourced, professionalized, institut
I took a writing workshop a few years ago and the prompt was to write a “How To” poem that explained something you do often that isn’t common knowledge. At the time, I was spending my days in bedside work with those who were dying,
It will probably surprise exactly no one that I lived for gold stars on my worksheets as a kid. So this is one social media trend I am here for. When I think of the spaces of people at end of life, there are 6 things that I immediately want to give a
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Whether you're standing at the threshold of this work or deepening your path, I’m here to walk beside you. Reach out with your questions, curiosities, or clarities-in-progress, there’s no such thing as too small or too strange. Let’s find the right next step together.