Thomas's Reviews > The Art of Death: Writing the Final Story

Appreciated Edwidge Danticat’s honest words about grieving her mother as I go through my own grief process. In this book she intertwines some writing about losing her mother with analysis of how other writers describe death in their works. Though I found the analysis portion a bit distracting from Danticat’s writing about her mother’s passing, I liked the intelligence of her commentary as well as how she emphasized the importance of including specific detail to help readers feel more connected to those who have died. Her writing about her mother, while on the briefer side, shows the love they had for one another. I hope writing this book felt cathartic or at least meaningful to Danticat in her grieving process.