Summary of Sarah Krasnostein's The Believer

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#1 The death doula is a trained professional who provides emotional, physical, and educational support to families before, during, and after the death of a loved one.

#2 Annie is a professional mediator who helps clients find solutions to their problems. She is highly trained and has to be able to support herself if she is to continue providing this type of service. She is a perpetual intimate stranger.

#3 Annie’s interest in dying and death is not morbid, but rather just lacking in discussion. She was raised by her mother and sister after her parents split up when she was six months old, and she remembers being left in the dark about what was going to happen next.

#4 The difference between life and the story of a life is that life is full of details and stories, while the story of a life is just a narrative. Annie’s sister did not know who she was for a long time, and a rift developed between them as a result.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 28, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669397243

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#1

The death doula is a trained professional who provides emotional, physical, and educational support to families before, during, and after the death of a loved one.

#2

Annie is a professional mediator who helps clients find solutions to their problems. She is highly trained and has to be able to support herself if she is to continue providing this type of service. She is a perpetual intimate stranger.

#3

Annie’s interest in dying and death is not morbid, but rather just lacking in discussion. She was raised by her mother and sister after her parents split up when she was six months old, and she remembers being left in the dark about what was going to happen next.

#4

The difference between life and the story of a life is that life is full of details and stories, while the story of a life is just a narrative. Annie’s sister did not know who she was for a long time, and a rift developed between them as a result.

#5

Ghost research is difficult, because things happen outside of your attention. You can set up cameras and sit there with an intense focus, but nothing will happen. It’s when you’re taking a coffee break that something comes up.

#6

The Ark Encounter is a full-size Noah’s ark, built according to the dimensions in the Bible, that rests on an endless expanse of grass in the middle of nowhere. It is as advertised: a spectacle that eloquently illustrates the absurdity of creationism.

#7

Annie’s husband took the boxes of her childhood books, which she had just moved from her mother’s house, and burned them. She understood this not in punitive terms, but rather because he wasn’t a reader and couldn’t conceive of the books’ significance to her.

#8

The Real Ghostbusters of Australia Conference is a gathering of parapsychologists, ghost hunters, and psychics. They meet up to discuss their experiences and interests.

#9

Empirical evaluation of spontaneous out-of-body experiences is difficult. It is difficult to find someone who can have them on demand, and it is difficult to find someone who can have them and explain them