DIE UITVAART

280pp., paperback, Protea Boekhuis, Pretoria, 2025

ISBN: 9781485315827

Journalist Carla van der Spuy discusses funerals and traditions surrounding death and dying, and interviews Christian ministers, death doulas, a psychologist, oncology nurses, undertakers and an embalmer.

Includes chapters on gangster funerals, grief, and the death of a beloved pet.

Carla van der Spuy is the author of Mishandel, Misbruik, Misken, Liefde Agter Tralies and Bloed Op Haar Hande: vroue agter tralies.