BY STEPHANIE SCHROEDER When I wrote Death Cafes: Tea, Cake & Conversations about Dying for FITNF in 2015, the death and dying movement was only about four years old. It was fascinating to me, a good story idea, and I enjoyed talking to the people I encountered researching it. What made me want to revisit the topic was The New York Times Modern Love column by Amy Krause Rosenthal, who is dying of ovarian cancer. Her piece, You May Want to Marry My Husband was basically a personal ad for her husband. The way the author acknowledged her impending death had the Interwebs buzzing. Her article ‘went viral’ and I sensed a renewed interest in talking candidly about death and end of life care.
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