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All That Remains: A Life in Death

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The best book I've ever read on anatomy and death (and philosophy, in the form of thoughful essays) is by F. As you can guess she sees the aftermath of horrific events, and the stories are quite touching (as well as possibly triggering, fair warning). She describes finding the bodies of missing people, how that is accomplished, how to pinpoint time and cause of death. Join me as I meander through the quirky and curious aspects of history, indigenous spirituality, the natural world, animals, art, storytelling, books, philosophy, travel, Māori culture and loads more. Black, a world-leading forensic anthropologist, was part of the war crimes investigation in Kosovo and the recovery effort in Thailand after the 2004 tsunami.

Black seems to enjoy the dead, more than the living, and investigating mutilated limbs is her icing on the cake. Susan Margaret Black, Baroness Black of Strome, DBE, FBA, FRSE, FRAI, FRSB (née Gunn; born 7 May 1961) is a Scottish forensic anthropologist, anatomist and academic.

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Horrors that would slay my every ability to respond at all, and she breathes deeply and reaches for her gloves. Really enjoyed this one, lots of interesting information on forensic anthropology and also on the role they play in natural disasters and wars/civil unrest. You are left with the feeling throughout this book that few people in the world know more about her subject than Sue Black.Some parts of the book are discussed with relative humour and she has a knack for particularly apt descriptions of body parts and fluids that you might not want to read around dinner time. Honestly, my five stars are for a great book, but mostly they are for the woman she is and the service she so willingly provides.

Generally I don't, The Ravenmaster: My Life with the Ravens at the Tower of London being a huge exception. For those, like me, who are fascinated by Forensic Anthropology and Medicine, this is an intriguing book to experience. While Professor Black tells of tragedy, she also infuses her stories with a wicked sense of humor and much common sense.The book has the feel of the author having referred to an exacting diary because it is so well-written, coherent, and put together. But she doesn’t think twice before volunteering, believing passionately that we need to show “that our humanity transcends the worst malevolence of which our species and nature are capable”.

Just as thrilling, because Sue has experienced a fair share of ghastly situations, but shows you the relevance of her work, and why respectful treatment is important. Whether in Kosovo or in Thailand, where she assisted with identifying victims after the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, Black accepts that such forensic work is “a job that nobody else in their right mind would ever want to do”.But when it comes down to it the book is split into two parts - memoir and philosophy in the first 100 pages, and your standard forensic nonfiction in the rest. Towards the end of the book there is a chapter that looks at what to most of us would be the horrors of Sue Black's work. Every person in the world will experience a time when someone close to us dies, including the funeral and coming to terms with it and mourning, so talking about this at length seemed a bit pointless. I lost my Nan to dementia, and it was a long, painful five years that she endured it, until she died peacefully in hospital, next to my Mum.

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