How to Say Goodbye

"How to move through it is what my talented friend and sometime-collaborator Wendy MacNaughton explores in How to Say Goodbye ( public library ) — a tender illustrated field guide to being present with and for what Alice James called “the most supremely interesting moment in life,” drawing on Wendy’s time as artist-in-residence at the Zen Hospice Project in San Francisco and her own profound experience at her beloved aunt’s deathbed."

"“I forgive you.” “Please forgive me.” “I love you.” In this tenderly illustrated book, graphic journalist Wendy MacNaughton shares what she learned from hospice caregivers about how to be with someone as they die. She distills hours of sitting, being there and waiting into a beautiful reminder that death is a part of living and that we can learn from it. “Follow their lead.” “Just be there.” “Cry. A lot.” This “how-to” guide about dying reminds the living to embrace the present and deepen our relationships."