Marion Wink is esteemed for bringing humor and wit to that most unavoidable of subjects: death.At last, Winik's critically acclaimed, cult favorites, Glen Rock Book of the Dead and Baltimore Book of t
"Winik has many gifts as a writer, but one I appreciate the most is her ability to write about the hardest, darkest subjects with a light, knowing hand." —Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild, in praise for
In her author’s note to the book, Marion Winik writes that in Mexico on the Day of the Dead, people build altars to their loved ones . . . they go to the cemetery and stay all night, pray
