Near the Exit, Lori Erickson
Near the Exit, Lori Erickson
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Near the Exit
Travels with the Not-So-Grim Reaper

Author: Lori Erickson

Narrator: Lori Erickson

Unabridged: 5 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/13/2019

Synopsis

After her brother died unexpectedly and her mother moved into a dementia-care facility, spiritual travel writer and Episcopal deacon Lori Erickson felt called to a new quest: to face death head-on, with the eye of a tourist and the heart of a pastor. Blending memoir, spirituality, and travel, Near the Exit examines how cultures confront and have confronted death by investigating Egypt's Valley of the Kings, Mayan temples, Colorado cremation pyres, Day of the Dead celebrations, Maori settlements, and tourist-destination graveyards. Erickson reflects on mortality and how life is made more precious by accepting it. Through her personal journey and her travels, Erickson maintains that one of the most life-affirming things we can do is to invite death along for the ride.

About Lori Erickson

Lori Erickson is one of America's top travel writers specializing in spiritual journeys. She is the author of The Soul of the Family Tree, Near the Exit (which won a Silver INDIES Award for 2019 Religion Book of the Year from Foreword Reviews), and Holy Rover. Her writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, National Geographic Traveler, and Better Homes & Gardens, among others. She lives in Iowa City, Iowa, with her husband, Bob Sessions.

Reviews

Goodreads review by ✨Bean's

Not very inclusive... This book is a travel memoir that is supposed to explain the effects of death and dying throughout different cultures in the world. I'm going to be one of the odd men out here. I started to enjoy this book but the constant reminder that the author is of a Christian religion reall......more

Goodreads review by Susan

Note: I received an advanced reading copy of this book courtesy of Westminster John Knox Press in exchange for my honest opinion. I loved this book. I have been interested in exploring death since I lost my parents in 2003 and 2010. Having written a spiritual memoir about grief, I was very interested......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer

5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I chose this book not knowing it was going to completely change me. The author talks about many cultural death rituals that I found fascinating. I’ve always had the experience of death being a scary, sad affair. It’s impressed me to re-evaluate my fears and consider my emotional view. I h......more

Goodreads review by Stephen

Ths moving, entertaining, and thoughtful narrative weaves personal memoir, travel, history and spiritual conversations into a fascinating journey into experiences both personal and cultural of our encounters with aging, dying, and death. The visit with the Maoris in New Zealand is awesome, revealing......more

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