Anita Hannig: The Untold Story of Assisted Dying in America

Drawing on five years of research on the frontlines of assisted dying, cultural anthropologist, Anita Hannig unearths the uniquely personal narratives masked by a polarized national debate about assisted dying. One of the people we meet in Hannig's new book, The Day I die: The Untold Story of Assisted Dying in America, is Ken, an irreverent ninety-year-old blues musician who invites his family to his death, dons his best clothes, and goes out singing.  Anita Hannig brings us into the lives of ordinary Americans going to extraordinary lengths to set the terms of their own deaths. Join us in The Parlour in July.