Happy Death Club is published on 23rd May 2024, and is available to pre-order now.
Buy direct from the publisher: 404 Ink
Listen to me discuss the book on Woman's Hour.
CRITICAL ACCLAIM
"A well-researched collection [that] gifts the reader with interesting new anecdotes to impart on others. For days after reading I found myself asking friends if they knew how much carbon dioxide is released during cremation? Or if they’d ever considered the commercialisation of funeral practices that began in the Victorian era? There is an arresting frankness to Westerman’s writing, but underneath it lies real heart. Like many, she approaches the most traumatic experiences of her life with dry humour, and the result is a tone that makes Happy Death Club as warm and funny as a book about cold bodies could be. Westerman’s natural humour helps bring some levity to the story. Her writing style is poetic and flowery when it needs to be, but remains equally as punchy throughout. The marriage of both aspects is masterfully rendered, and Happy Death Club is all-at-once an autobiographical self-help book and an informative guide."
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