All That Remains: A Life in Death

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However I would just say that the Kosovo chapter was far the hardest to read and made me shed a tear. Sue Black is a formidable woman with a singular personality, set of skills and knowledge to do everyday what would terrify most people. All That Remains, A Renowned Forensic Scientist on Death, Mortality, and Solving Crimes’ by Sue Black is a fascinating autobiographical memoir.

But when it comes down to it the book is split into two parts - memoir and philosophy in the first 100 pages, and your standard forensic nonfiction in the rest. Cutting through hype, romanticism, and cliché, she recounts her first dissection; her own first acquaintance with a loved one’s death; the mortal remains in her lab and at burial sites as well as scenes of violence, murder, and criminal dismemberment; and about investigating mass fatalities due to war, accident, or natural disaster, such as the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. The book considers death in its clinical and personal aspects: the seven stages of postmortem alteration and the challenges of identifying the sex and age of remains; versus her own experiences with losing her grandmother, uncle and parents.My favorite chapter was on Kosovo; elsewhere I found the mixture of science and memoir slightly off, and the voice never fully drew me in. Content Catnip is a quirky internet wunderkammer written by an Intergalactic Space Māori named Content Catnip.

Besides, many of us ordinary general readers probably couldn’t handle too much of graphic medical narratives, although she does get into general descriptions of rotting bodies, and of bodies having been torn apart or damaged, and the smells and appearances of a dead body.Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. Shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-fiction 2019, this incredible memoir from the Sunday Times Bestseller Professor Sue Black breathes new life into the subject of death. This book is perfect for you if you are an avid (true) crime reader, who is looking to expand their interest in the non-fiction genre.