I went into Find the Good: Unexpected Life Lessons From a Small-Town Obituary Writer by Heather Lende with a lot of perhaps too many expectations. I anticipated (and hoped for) humor of the macabre variety. Find the Good is a book of anecdotal advice from someone who regular faces death head on...or...
How does one describe a book about the writing of obituaries without becoming maudlin? It is easy when describing this book, written by an obituary writer. It is simply not depressing, rather it is absolutely inspiring. The author’s approach to life moved me to rethink about my own approach. This br...
Small town Alaskan obituary writer recounts her adventures writing about people she knew, didn’t know, like didn’t like and the flaws in every person. My favorite message was that the world is full of happiness, if only you are willing to take it as it is. She encounters all kinds of interesting cha...
Meh. I was expecting something more akin to Northern Exposure, which is one of my favorite shows. Instead it was more like: "...and in this chapter, this person died. And I visited the family. And it was sad."
with 1500 ratings @3.69 Heather Lende's I'D KNOW YOUR NAME is by no means despised by the GR crowd-source, but unfortunately I can't join the majority opinion. possibly this is a personal flaw; maybe I just need war, cities, action, violence, foreign landscapes, but I just kept waiting for eithera) ...
This is the story of small town newspaper obituary author Heather Lende. She shares the stories of people who have died on her watch - so actually the title should have been, "If You Died here, I'd know your name." I really wanted to like this book, as typically stories of Alaska are some of my fav...
This book explores small town life in Alaska and how the author recovered from being hit by a truck. She reminisces about the people she has helped, the people who have helped her and the loss of her mother. It is really an anthology of Heather Lende's columns from various sources. I had thought...
I wanted to like this book. As I read it, though, the word that overwhelmed everything else was smug. "We're better than everyone else, because we live far, far away from medical care. We're better than everyone else, because we all take care of each other."Fine, except that the actual stories she t...
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