Thomas Lynch
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Thomas Lynch is a writer and funeral director. This article is adapted from his essay collections, The Undertaking (W.W. Norton and Co., 1997) and Bodies in Motion and at Rest (W.W. Norton and Co., 2000). ©Thomas Lynch.
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