If you want a 'feel good' read, this is your book.
Interesting stories. ( )

Not sure how to accurately portray my feelings towards this book. Definitely gave me a lot to think about. The exercises at the end of the chapters were eye opening. ( )

Interesting, but not as satisfying as I'd hoped. Please don't get the impression this is a book about the death class--this is a book about the woman who teaches the death class and the various ways tragedy has informed her life and the lives of her students. I enjoyed it, for what it is, but it hasn't really stuck in my mind. Worth reading if the premise intrigues you. ( )

I learned a lot about American culture surrounding death from this book. It's a subject our parents' generation (people in their 80s) avoids. Thank you Erika for the stories and thanks to Norma Bowe for teaching this course with such dignity and openness. ( )

Dr. Norma Bowe is a college professor at Kean University. Her class "Death in Perspective has a three year waiting list and is described in the university catalog as college as "The past, present and future individual and societal concepts of dying, death and bereavement, death education, and exploration of related ethical issues. A field trip is required." This book is the intensely personal journey of some of the students through the class and a testament to survival and life.

Read my full review at: http://memoriesfrombooks.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-death-class-true-story-about-l... ( )