Happy Death Club: Essays on Death, Grief & Bereavement Across Cultures

Naomi Westerman's personal experience of death led her to write Happy Death Club, a frank and touching exploration of death, grief, and bereavement, combining academic study with memoir. The book discusses the popularity of murder as entertainment in true crime podcasts, women working in the death industry, Naomi's love of horror, and death rituals in other countries.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 112 pages
Publication date: 23 May 2024
Publisher: 404 Ink

Naomi Westerman, an anthropology graduate student, was studying death rituals around the world when her entire family passed away, transforming her academic interest in death into a deeply personal experience. She grappled with grief and found it challenging to express her feelings, particularly as a young woman, realizing that while death is prevalent in our culture, finding appropriate ways to grieve can be difficult. This Inkling combines academic research with personal memoir to explore various aspects of death, including the popularity of murder as entertainment in true crime podcasts, the experiences of women working in the death industry, Naomi's love of horror and her journey as a horror movie writer, the emergence of death peer support groups, and death rituals in different countries. Happy Death Club offers a candid, poignant, and occasionally amusing exploration of death, grief, and bereavement.

Weight: 100g
Dimension: 175 x 120 x 9 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781912489886