"Hello, Mortals" Book Club

The EdgeWalking Collective is very excited to lead you in thoughtful, poignant, humorous, informative conversations about various end of life matters. Our next book by author Anita Hannig, The Day I Die, is an intimate investigation of assisted dying in America and what it means to determine the end of our lives.

In this groundbreaking book, award-winning cultural anthropologist Anita Hannig brings us into the lives of ordinary Americans who go to extraordinary lengths to set the terms of their own death. Hannig is associate professor of anthropology at Brandeis University, where she teaches classes on medicine and death and dying. In recent years, Anita has emerged as a leading voice on death literacy in America, giving interviews for the Washington Post, USA Today, and the Boston Globe. You can purchase this book through our shop (which gives a tiny portion to our collective) or locally on Bainbridge Island a…