In Lieu of Flowers: A Conversation for the Living

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"An elegant book" (Wall Street Journal) that opens us up to our own experiences, and encourages us to accept and honor the "divine intersections" where the living meet the dying. "Grieving is as natural as breathing, for if we have lived and loved, surely we will grieve. . . ." Nancy Cobb meets death in the most vital of places-in the lives of everyday people-and in doing so has found a way to infuse this darkest subject with light. Her candor and refreshing perspective make the deaths of those she has loved-and death itself-a subject to explore rather than to avoid. Cobb's personal experiences become a point of departure for what amounts to a poignant conversation about loss.

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An elegant book ... that lets readers know they arent alone.
Wall Street Journal

Mesmerizing. Cobb is down to earth, funny, disturbingly direct.
Detroit Free Press

An eloquent book. Cobbs harrowing insistence that death be confronted without the veil of denial is made possible, and even more starkly compelling, by the grace and wit of her writing.
Kay Redfield Jamison, author of An Unquiet Mind

Author Bio

NANCY COBB grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She divides her time between Connecticut and New York City.