Happy pub day to @irisgottlieb and ✨EVERYTHING IS TEMPORARY: Illustrated Contemplations On How Death Shapes Our Lives ✨ Iris has an uncanny skill at using art to unpack the unpackable. Here she turns her curiosity to exploring death from all angles—from the physical, such as the ways your remains could be handled, to the emotional, including grief and grappling with your own mortality. It’s an urgent but gentle book. In her words: — "I have wanted to write a book about death for almost 10 years and finally got the chance to explore the complexities and simplicity of dying. From burial ritual to animal behavior to assisted death, this book’s main point is: talk about it. We, in western societies, don’t acknowledge death until it’s happening which leaves us underprepared and scared. We all die, we’re all dying. We are better off to feel connected to one another in that conversation than feeling alone in avoiding it. — I experienced my first big loss while writing it and I hope it brings some peace and comfort and maybe existential crisis or existential breakthrough to those reading it. It’s super different than my past books but it’s the one I am happiest with having made and I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it." - author/illustrator @irisgottlieb — ✨ Also sending deep gratitude today to Iris's editor @lbappleton and the entire team at @tarcherperigee for seeing the need and supporting the work ✨