All That Remains: A Life in Death - Sue Black

Sue Black confronts death every day. As a Professor of Anatomy and Forensic Anthropology, she focuses on mortal remains in her lab, at burial sites, at scenes of violence, murder and criminal dismemberment, and when investigating mass fatalities due to war, accident or natural disaster.

In All That Remains she reveals the many faces of death she has come to know, using key cases to explore how forensic science has developed, and examining what her life and work has taught her.

Do we expect a book about death to be sad? Macabre? Sue's book is neither. There is tragedy, but there is also humour in stories as gripping as the best crime novel.

Part memoir, part science, part meditation on death, her book is compassionate, surprisingly funny, and it will make you think about death in a new light.

Not macabre at all, it's a very interesting read. Professor Black talks about her own loss, as well as some big disasters like the tsunami that hit Asia in 2004 that had the world watch in horror. Professor Black helped with the identification of victims in said tsunami's aftermath, as well as in Kosovo after the genocide. I honestly couldn't do her job but have so much respect for the people who do.

Read for the Shelf Reflection Reading Challenge.
Prompt 36: A nonfiction book about grief.
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐