BOOK CLUB
I LOVE BOOKS!
If you do too, plug these dates in your calendar and we can keep chatting about death.
We'll meet on zoom for an hour and share our perspectives.
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THE NEXT BOOK:
BOOK CLUB DISCUSSION:
You Better Be Lightning
by Andrea Gibson
Thursday January 22nd
5-6 PM PT
We will also discuss the documentary
Come See Me In The Good Light (on Apple TV)
UPCOMING DATES & SELECTIONS:
ON DECK FOR 2026:
You better be lightning by Andrea Gibson Thursday, January 22nd 5:00 - 6:00 PM (PT)
Between Latitudes by Michelle Latvala (with the author) Sunday, February 2nd 10:00 - 11:30 AM (PT)
The Luckiest by Kelly Cervantes (with the author) Wednesday February 25th
5:00 - 6:30 PM (PT)
What The Dead Know by Barbara Butcher Wednesday April 1st 5:00 - 6:00 PM (PT)
Renegade Grief by Carla Fernandez (with the author) Wednesday May 6th 5:00 - 6:30 PM (PT)
Never Can Say Goodbye by Darnell Lamont Walker (with the author) Wednesday June 17th
5:00 - 6:30 PM (PT)
Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul by Stephen Jenkinson Wednesday July 22nd
5:00 - 6:00 PM (PT)
Giving up the Ghost by Samantha Rose (with the author) Wednesday August 26th 5:00 - 6:30 PM (PT)
The Hot Young Widows Club: Lessons on Survival from the Front Lines of Grief
Nora McInerny Purmort Wednesday October 7th 5:00 - 6:00 PM (PT)
Staring At The Sun by Irwin Yalom Wednesday November 18th 5:00 - 6:00 PM (PT)
Alive Until You’re Dead by Susan Moon Wednesday December 16th 5:00 - 6:00 PM (PT)
PREVIOUS BOOK CLUB SELECTIONS:
Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love Them) - by Sallie Tisdale **
It's one of the best books I've read on this topic (and I've read a lot of books on death and dying)
** Required purchase for Course.
On the Brink of Everything - by Parker J. Palmer
Grace, Gravity, and Getting Older
Bearing the Unbearable - by Joanne Cacciatore
Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief
The Wild Edge of Sorrow - by Francis Weller
Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
The Art of Dying Well - by Katy Butler
A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life
Black Widow - by Leslie Gray Streeter
The Five Invitations - by Frank Ostaseski
Notes on Grief - by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
It's Ok That You're Not Ok - by Megan Devine
The Four Things That Matter Most: A Book About Living - by Ira Byock
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies - by Caitlin Doughty
Faith, Hope and Carnage by Nick Cave
Climbing Out: An Adventure in Rediscovering Life After Loss by Bonnie Thies and Robin Flanigan
Life Lessons: Two Experts on Death and Dying Teach Us About the Mysteriesof Life and Living by Elisabeth Kubler Ross and David Kessler
Briefly, Perfectly, Human by Alua Arthur
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Normal Broken by Kelly Cervantes
From Here to Eternity: Traveling The World to Find The Good Death by Caitlin Doughty
57 Fridays: Losing Our Daughter, Finding Our Way by Myra Sacks
After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal about Life and Beyond
by Bruce Greyson.
Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body by Rebekah Taussig
Living Beautifully by Pema Chodron
Nothing to Fear by Julie McFadden
Conscious Aging by Ram Dass