27/06/2025
: We Need to Talk About Death: An Important Book About Grief, Celebrations, and Love by Sarah Chavez -- recommended by ADEC volunteer and FT Kailey Bradley
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This book normalizes that death is a difficult topic to discuss. We Need to Talk About Death is written a historian and museum curator (Sarah Chavez), and provides an overview of various aspects of death, dying, and bereavement. Through beautiful illustrations, Chavez introduces topics like eco-friendly burials, catacombs, and various death-related celebrations and rituals such as Mexico's Day of the Dead. This book provides a wonderful sampling of how humans have always revered and memorialized those who have died. While We Need to Talk About Death is geared for young readers, I feel it will capture the imagination of a range of readers (including adults).