{"product_id":"near-the-exit-lori-erickson-9780664265670","title":"Near the Exit: Travels with the Not-So-Grim Reaper","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This book's journey to spiritual places near and far is worth taking.\" -- Library Journal, starred review \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLori Erickson travels to \"grim\" locations at home and abroad and explores death through the lenses of other cultures. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter her brother died unexpectedly and her mother moved into a dementia-care facility, spiritual travel writer and Episcopal deacon Lori Erickson felt called to a new quest: to face death head on, with the eye of a tourist and the heart of one who is grieving and facing mortality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending memoir, spirituality, and travel, \u003ci\u003eNear the Exit\u003c\/i\u003e examines how different cultures past and present have confronted and still confront death, from Egypt's Valley of the Kings and Mayan temples, to a Colorado cremation pyre and Mexico's Day of the Dead celebrations, to Maori settlements and tourist-destination graveyards. Erickson reflects on mortality--the ways we avoid it, the ways we cope with it, and the ways life is made more precious by accepting it--in places as far away and exotic as New Zealand and as close and \"mundane\" as the nursing home up the street. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout her personal journey and her travels, Erickson helps us to see that one of the most life-affirming things we can do is to invite death along for the ride.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for book clubs! Download the FREE Reader Guide: Questions and Topics for Discussion! \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lori Erickson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0664265677\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780664265670\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Westminster John Knox Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/13\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.90h x 8.60w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/26\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2019 pg. 112","brand":"Lori Erickson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44043294048511,"sku":"9780664265670","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8eb180dc-b65c-4fe3-8836-8c415d40e55b.jpg?v=1684966333","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/near-the-exit-lori-erickson-9780664265670","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}