No doubt many would think it strange that a professor emerita—after a distinguished career in marketing and international business at the University of South Alabama, including running her own successful management consulting firm—would now devote her life to, among many other interests, death. She certainly wasn’t ready for it herself, but the time had come to overcome her surprise and trepidation at “receiving” messages from family, friends, and strangers who were no longer alive in physical bodies. No doubt many would think it strange that a professor emerita—after a distinguished career in marketing and international business at the University of South Alabama, including running her own successful management consulting firm—would now devote her life to, among many other interests, death. She certainly wasn’t ready for it herself, but the time had come to overcome her surprise and trepidation at “receiving” messages from family, friends, and strangers who were no longer alive in physical bodies. Dr. Robinson recognizes and encourages the ways for anyone—everyone—to love beyond death in this thoroughly explored, engaging, and compelling mix of personal narrative and forthright reporting on end-of-life care and mis-care. Helpful for both families and medical personnel, it is part instructive manual, part counselor, and part love story. Her book gently guides us through the sadness of departure toward opportunity and love.
