An autobiographical eye on the rituals of loss and grief
The Day of the Dead parade in Mexico City, which did not exist until the 2015 James Bond movie 'Spectre'. Photo: Getty
There is cruel irony in Naomi Westerman’s interest in death.
The author and playwright was studying anthropology – specifically, various death rituals from around the world – when her whole family died.
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