Spaces of the Dead Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Nonfiction (2023) compellingly personal

compellingly personal

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it is valuable for far more than just its historical implications

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Spaces of the Dead Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Nonfiction (2023) compellingly personalSeen primarily as final resting places, cemeteries are increasingly under threat from urban redevelopment in land scarce Singapore. Regarded as excess space by state planners, and as taboo places by the local populace, the rich historical and cultural heritage of our cemeteries have remained largely unappreciated and hidden. Today, there are about less than a dozen cemeteries left in Singapore. With the recent exhumation of major cemeteries like