Never Can Say Goodbye

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"Never Can Say Goodbye is deliciously woven from threads of guidance, memory, and devotion to the sacred labor of holding space at the end of life." —Alua Arthur, author of Briefly Perfectly Human Compelling narrative that highlights the importance of a death doula and generational traumas faced by the Black community. Embedded within the fabric of American society are deeply ingrained taboos surrounding death. For African Americans, these taboos are compounded by a complex interplay of factors that make conversations about death even more elusive. The echoes of systemic racism, unequal access to healthcare, and the enduring impact of generational traumas have created an environment where death is often seen as a subject best left untouched. In his debut book Never Can Say Goodbye, death doula, Darnell Lamont Walker: delves into the reasons behind the silence surrounding death within the Black