A collection of essays detailing the author's past experiences and traumas that have led her to the point of being incredibly fearful of death. Sharp, clever and a good read, the book will make you marvel at the resilience of the human spirit and make you think about your own inevitable demise!

I was unable to finish this. I found the writing impenetrable and really difficult to connect with. I may give it another go - hopefully good book bad time?

A beautifully written collection of autobiographical essays. Her style is wonderfully descriptive and sensual. I really enjoyed this.

I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. Thank you NetGalley.

Like a few others have said, I wasn't expecting this book to be funny.... I mean it's about death. But she's definitely witty.
This book is partially a memoir about the author's intense traumas / life & death experiences... and also a variety of essays about death / fears / etc.

It was an interesting read, and I enjoyed it.

The author has lived through so much trauma sexual attack horrific situations.All of these experiences sound shocking depressing but somehow in this group of raw intimate essays she still can make us laugh out loud.#netgalley#nebraska press

I connected with this book on so many levels. I am a huge hypochondriac and always think something is wrong with me and get frustrated when no one else believes me and or will listen to me. I feel alone, frustrated and unsupported. I connected with the author so much in this aspect. This book flowed to me like a book of short stories and the flow of relationships and the support or lack of support of things we can go through in life. Highly suggest.

This collection of thematically linked essays centres around Sue William Silverman's fear of death. Death is the ultimate unknown and Silverman has had good reason to fear the unknown throughout her life.

How to Survive Death and Other Inconveniences does not shy away from the complexities of dealing with trauma in all its forms, particularly the trauma associated with sexual assault.

Silverman's writing is poetic and full of more humour than you might expect given the subject matter. But if there is one thing you should know about Silverman, apart from the fact that she is a survivor, it is that she isn't afraid of experimental writing. And she is bloody good at it.

I wanted to love this because being someone terrified of death myself, the synopsis intrigued me. Unfortunately I had to DNF it shortly into the book due to the awkward setup. The lack of chapters makes it near impossible to follow along. I'd love to give it another chance in the future.