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I hadnt realised that the humanist soc and the bha were different.Athena wrote:I don't often read novels these days but I've just completed Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger, whose debut novel The Time Traveler's Wife was one of my favourite reads of recent years but then I have a weakness for time-shift stories.
This is a ghost story and, like all ghost stories, it'is ridiculous but at the same time original and compelling. Not a patch on the earlier book, IMO, but still recommended and I hope they make a movie out of it. It's set partly in Highgate Cemetery - as part of her research the author spent some time working there as a guide - and it has inspired me to want to visit that place which, I am ashamed to admit is only a few miles away from where I've lived most of my life but I've never been to.
Nice to see a humanist funeral get a mention even if it was arranged through the "Humanist Society" rather than the BHA. Here's what she says:
Clip-board? Red shawl? WTF?"The officiant stood at the front of the room holding a clipboard and watching as people took their seats. She wore something red draped over her shoulders. Jane wondered what was about to happen. They had asked for a non-religious ceremony. Ron had arranged everything through the Humanist Society.....
The red-shawled officiant spoke. She welcomed them and said some non-religious things that were meant to be comforting to non-religious people. She invited people who had known Jean to speak about her."
(I've changed the characters names so as not to spoil it for anyone who fancies reading the book).