Oh, Death: Mind How You Go
Death remains an inevitable reality. But, fear of death and lack of understanding surrounding it or not facing it when it comes can make it worse. These books, both fiction and non-fiction, touch on facing it from places of wellness and illness, from places of youth and age, and from a place of dealing with the aftermath.
This moving work of narrative non-fiction shows that preparing for death can teach you how to live.
I loved that in this series, of which this is the first, Death looks most often like Kurt Cobain.
It deserves the hype. In luminescent prose, Kalanithi writes about living while dying and the challenges of being a doctor and a patient.
An insider's look at the American death industry written with wit and compassion
For anyone who's lost someone dear to them or anyone who loves C. S. Lewis
This book's epigraph gave me part of the title of this list. It's doubly moving as it was the author's final work.
The loss of a loved one can be especially traumatic for kids. This story shows that time and love can help, and that numbness prevents us from seeing all the beauty that remains.