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The suitcase and the jar : travels with a daughter's ashes

  • Date:
    Created
    2018
    Summary:

    In 2010 a brain tumour took the life of Becky Livingston's daughter, Rachel. Twenty-three years old and an avid traveller, it was her dying wish to keep traveling. Eighteen months later, still reeling from her loss, Livingston sets off overseas, alone, untethered, and determined to continue her daughter's journey. She felt certain that seeing the world through Rachel's eyes would bring her some peace. In her suitcase - Rachel's ashes, heavy but compact - travelled with her. With no agenda or timeline, Livingston travelled the world for twenty-six months - Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Australia, India, England, Ireland and North America - leaving her daughter's ashes wherever she went. It was a ritual. Merging her daughter's soul with the elements, Livingston gradually finds points of belonging for them both. 2018.

    Original Publisher: Halfmoon Bay, Caitlin Press
    Language(s): English