The Life-Affirming Beat of an Alaska Obituaries Writer
Heather Lende talks to Here & Now about her new book.
Each Chilkat Valley News assignment affords different lessons. But as obituary writer and author Heather Lende told NPR’s Here & Now, in the case of Russ Murray, a cemetery employee, it started with the fact that after the man’s death, it was discovered that he had been out of contact with his family for 38 years.
Lende, who also writes for the Alaska Dispatch News, has titled her book Find the Good: Unexpected Lessons from a Small-Town Obituary Writer.
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