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“The dead are celebrated. The dead are loved. They give something to the living. Once you put something into the ground, Doctor, you always know where to find it.”

- Téa Obreht from her novel "The Tiger's Wife"
Posted on March 8, 2016 by Marissa Abruzzini (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
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Who is Left to Pay?

In some cultures, lavish funerals take families to the brink of bankruptcy
Posted on September 3, 2015 by Julie Gesin (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

In Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment, an impoverished widow spends her last rubles on her husband’s funeral and ends up destitute with her three children. The bitter satire of that chapter can still ring as true today as it did in … Continue reading →

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