The Last Chapter Book Club

A surprisingly uplifting book club for the morbidly curious. Led by Megan Morano of Until Death Doulas.

Purchase the book from The Bookshop Nashville to join!
The Bookshop – 1043 West Eastland Ave, Nashville TN 37206

February’s Read – From Here to Eternity by Caitlin Doughty:
Fascinated by our pervasive fear of dead bodies, mortician Caitlin Doughty embarks on a global expedition to discover how other cultures care for the dead. From Zoroastrian sky burials to wish-granting Bolivian skulls, she investigates the world’s funerary customs and expands our sense of what it means to treat the dead with dignity. Her account questions the rituals of the American funeral industry—especially chemical embalming—and suggests that the most effective traditions are those that allow mourners to personally attend to the body of the deceased. Exquisitely illustrated by artist Landis Blair, From Here to Eternity is an adventure into the morbid unknown, a fascinating tour through the unique ways people everywhere confront mortality.