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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Now Departing: A Small-Town Mortician on Death, Life, and the Moments in Between

Now Departing: A Small-Town Mortician on Death, Life, and the Moments in Between

Sweeney, Victor M.

Hardcover

Biographies GeneralDeath & Dying

Publisher Price: $29.00

ISBN10: 1668062119
ISBN13: 9781668062111
Publisher: Gallery Books
Published: Oct 14 2025
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.85
Height: 1.20 Width: 5.70 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
In this unique and thoughtful collection, a young funeral director--also known as the internet's favorite mortician (CNBC)--explores various aspects of death, offering heartfelt and practical insights into how we determine what matters most while we are alive. This evocative book is for fans of Thomas Lynch, Mary Roach, and Caitlin Doughty.

Now Departing explores the science, craft, and mindfulness behind Victor M. Sweeney's very peculiar skill set. Working in the funeral business since he was eighteen years old, Sweeney astutely shares the powerful and moving lessons of how we can exist and be remembered with intention and meaning.

Each page is filled with reflective observations and true stories from the lives and deaths that Sweeney has come to know through his work in a small Minnesota town. With grace and understanding, he also explores the rituals around preparing and saying goodbye to those we mourn; the love and forgiveness that arises in the face of grief; the universal interplay of walking between the chasm of the mundanity of a required business practice that touches on humanity's deepest metaphysical realities; and ultimately, how loss gives us the opportunity to focus on and celebrate the elements we have gained.

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