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Ok so the end was really good, which made me second guess how I felt about the entire thing. But I‘m staying strong! It was decent, but too long. I didn‘t care about half of the characters, which is the risk you take when having so many! And I sort of wanted all of the predictions to come true, 😆 (34)
⭐️: 3.25/5

Read this for bookclub this past Friday. We had a good time. Would you want to know how and when you will die? This book starts off with this woman on a plane from Hobarth to Sydney. She just goes down the rows pointing and predicting how and when people will die. Bless this author for all the details she gives her characters as we follow their lives to see if the predictions will come true. A book about death that has so much life. Pick!

As Alua says, “Holy f***ing shit!” I love the way Alua shares what she hopes for as she envisions of her own death. This memoir is well written and beautifully she gives us examples how those with whom she has coached during their deaths. A death doula walking a special path with others during such an emotional process. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This was a strange, strange journey. I‘m not sure how to feel about this book nor how to describe it. I guess it seems like how a bad acid trip would be. Two different tales of another‘s demise but I‘m not that either informs the other. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

First stumbled across Maggie O‘Farrell earlier this year when I read Hamnet. She‘s quickly becoming one of my favourites, her writing is so authentic and raw. Reading this I can see why, I also love how she incorporates her lived experiences in the lives of her characters. Definitely recommend #pick

#ozlittens @CarolynM @Rissreadswithcats have ya‘ll been? Do ya‘ll have a favorite? I went up and looked up the big things. The pineapple was my favorite. And the prawn and lobster would scare me. The kookaburra was cool. lol

Reading this was hard since I just recently lost my dad.. BUT it drew me in right from the get go and I think that loosing my dad was part of the reason why. I felt the grief and anger Sidney felt-although for different reasons. When it got to the secrets of June, it hit home as well because I‘ve been there and so many loved ones have been as well. #abuse #death #manipulation #gaslight #LGBTQ+ #teens #love #loss #friends #family

A beautiful memoir of a death doula. While she shares experiences from her work, I‘d say more than half of this is about Alua‘s life. Her interactions with clients and their families were touching. My favorite part was the epilogue in which she writes about her vision of what dying could be like, and how she would like to die.

A lovely memoir that is as much about being alive as it as about this one individual's life.

Loved this one! Moriarty can weave stories and characters together like no one else. And this one is very thought provoking.

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