Minding our Mortality: Book Club

Minding our Mortality Book Club provides opportunities for conversations and connections around topics of death, mortality and grief through selected readings and quarterly gatherings.

For our last Book Club meetup of 2026, we will be discussing Our Last Best Act: Planning for the End of Our Lives to Protect the People and Places We Love by Mallory McDuff.

A brief description of this non-fiction book is excerpted from Goodreads below:

As we begin to contemplate death and to embark on practical planning for life's end, many of us long to leave a legacy beyond a transfer of money and property—one that ensures a sustainable earth for our loved ones, our communities, and generations to come. But where do we even begin?

With the sudden deaths of both of her parents, Mallory McDuff found herself in a similar position. Utterly unprepared both emotionally and practically, she began to research sustainable practices around death and dying, determined to honor their commitment to caring for the earth. For McDuff, an educator and environmentalist, what started as a highly personal endeavor expanded into a yearlong exploration and assessment of green burials, aquamation, green cemeteries, home funerals, and human composting.

This book is available via Bookshop HERE.

It is recommended that you read this book prior to our meeting at Neighbor on Tuesday evening, December 1st.

This is a free event, but you will have the option to make a suggested donation of $10 during the registration process—that would help us cover costs and is greatly appreciated! Beverages and snacks will be provided.