All That Remains

A Life in Death

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<p><b>'Utterly gripping'</b> - <i>The Guardian</i><br><b>'Fascinating'</b> - <i>The Sunday Times</i><br><b>'Moving'</b> - <i>Scotsman</i><br><b>'Engrossing'</b> - <i>Financial Times</i></p><p>Sue Black confronts death every day. As a Professor of Anatomy and Forensic Anthropology, she focuses on mortal remains in her lab, at burial sites, at scenes of violence, murder and criminal dismemberment, and when investigating mass fatalities due to war, accident or natural disaster.</p><p>In <i>All That Remains</i> she reveals the many faces of death she has come to know, using key cases to explore how forensic science has developed, and examining what her life and work has taught her.</p><p>Do we expect a book about death to be sad? Macabre? Sue's book is neither. There is tragedy, but there is also humour in stories as gripping as the best crime novel.</p><p>Part memoir, part science, part meditation on death, her book is compassionate, surprisingly funny, and it will make you think about death in a new light.<br>________</p><p><b>SUE BLACK IS ALSO THE AUTHOR OF THE AWARD-WINNING, BESTSELLING BOOK, <i>WRITTEN IN BONE: HIDDEN STORIES IN WHAT WE LEAVE BEHIND.</i></b><br><b>HER NEW BOOK, <i>AN EXPERT WITNESS: FORENSIC SCIENCE ON TRIAL</i>, IS OUT NOW.</b><br>_________</p><p>'One might expect [this book] to be a grim read but it absolutely isn't. I found it invigorating!' <b>(Andrew Marr, <i>BBC Radio 4 'Start the Week'</i>)</b></p><p>'Black's utterly gripping account of her life and career as a professor of anatomy and forensic anthropology manages to be surprisingly life-affirming. As she herself says, it is "as much about life as about death"' <b>(PD Smith <i>Guardian)</i></b></p><p>'An engrossing memoir . . . an affecting mix of personal and professional'<i> (</i><b>Erica Wagner</b><i>, Financial Times)</i></p><p>'A model of how to write about the effect of human evil without losing either objectivity or sensitivity . . . Heartening and anything but morbid . . . Leaves yo

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781784162818

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

195 x 126 x 27 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

Verlag / Hersteller

Transworld Publishers Ltd