Jump quickly to results on these stores:
Grace Notes | Fun Home | Beautiful Zero | Gabe Johnson Takes over | Moral Dilemmas | The Road | Stompin' at the Grand Terrace
Rachael Hanelâs name was inscribed on a gravestone when she was eleven years old. Yet this wasnât at all unusual in her world: her father was a gravedigger in the small Minnesota town of Waseca, and death was her familyâs business. Her parents were forty-two years old and in good health when they erected their gravestoneâRachaelâs name was simply a branch on the sprawling family tree etched on the back of the stone. As she puts it: I grew up in cemeteries.
And you donât grow up in cemeteriesâsurrounded by headstones and stories, questions, curiosityâwithout becoming an adept and sensitive observer of death and loss as experienced by the people in this small town. For Rachael Hanel, wandering among tombstones, reading the names, and wondering about the townsfolk and their lives, death was, in many ways, beautiful and mysterious. Death and mourning: these she understood. But when Rachaelâs fatherâDigger OâDellâpasses away suddenly when she is fifteen, she and her family are abruptly and harshly transformed from bystanders to participants. And for the first time, Rachael realizes that death and grief are very different.
At times heartbreaking and at others gently humorous and uplifting, Weâll Be the Last Ones to Let You Down presents the unique, moving perspective of a gravediggerâs daughter and her lifelong relationship with death and grief. But it is also a masterful meditation on the living elements of our cemeteries: our neighbors, friends, and familiesâthe very histories of our towns and citiesâand how these things come together in the eyes of a young girl whose childhood is suffused with both death and the wonder of the living.
About: Rachael Hanelâs name was inscribed on a gravestone when she was eleven years old.
Pricing is shown for items sent to or within the U.S., excluding shipping and tax. Please consult the store to determine exact fees. No warranties are made express or implied about the accuracy, timeliness, merit, or value of the information provided. Information subject to change without notice. isbn.nu is not a bookseller, just an information source.