Death and dying is the theme of today's In the Shadow of the Mountain. Sheila reviews and reads from a selection of books about death and dying and reads a story, "Divining Isaac", from her short story collection: Tending the Remnant Damage.

The books she refers to include:

1. Death and Dying by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
2. The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe
3. Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
4. The Etiquette of Illness: What to Say When You Can't  Find the Words by Susan Halpern
5. How We Die: Reflections on Life's  Final Chapter by Sherwin B. Nuland
6. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
7. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
8. The Beginner's Goodbye by Anne Tyler
9. "Musee de Beaux Arts" by W.H Auden