A review by gwendle_vs_literature
In the Slender Margin: The Intimate Strangeness of Death and Dying by Eve Joseph

3.0

I finished this because I bought it, but it didn’t captivate me the way I had hoped. I picked it up because I thought it would be interesting to learn about the experiences of someone working in palliative care (especially after reading Caitlin Doughty’s books about the American funeral industry and disparate post-death practices around the world) but the author’s spiritual beliefs, which I do not share, were presented in a way which I found off-putting — stated as fact rather than belief, which caused me to mistrust other things stated as fact. 

Overall the book is more about the author than it was about her clients, and I hadn’t been looking for a biography. 

As I biography it was alright, just not my cup of tea.