Naomi Westerman

Then I did what every writer does when faced with overwhelming trauma: I wrote about it.

To hold space for each other, gently.

A lot of crying people. Who doesn’t know the heart-wrench sting of grief?

maybe a good death means a good life. A life not full of unfulfilled dreams, or plans for the future that will never be realised.

This book is dedicated to my enemies.
One day all of you will be dead.

Then I did what every writer does when faced with overwhelming trauma: I wrote about it. I felt that a communal space for grieving was desperately needed and I could see that possible in the power of theatre

rehashing my own trauma and more interested in theatre’s power to connect people, to create what I felt were desperately needed spaces for communal grieving.

spent nearly a year researching this book. In the process, I travelled to half a dozen different countries, visited twenty-three museums, conducted nearly forty inter views, and read more than a hundred books.

good death means a good life. A life not full of unfulfilled dreams, or plans for the future that will never be realised.

People have long struggled with reconciling the grief rituals around death with the practical realities that we’re all just meat.