After Life: Ways We Think About Death

This nonfiction book considers questions about death, including why people cannot live forever and what may happen after death. It examines beliefs, customs, and historical understandings of death in cultures around the world, moving between science and culture. Each chapter includes a brief legend, myth, or historical account from a different tradition and concludes with a shared motif, such as birds, rivers, colors, or ghosts. The book explores death as a universal human experience.