Broadleaf Books asked for a "progressive" take on life after death, and Caleb Wilde, a sixth-generation funeral home director and graduate student in theology, delivered. Wilde fills his book with fictionalized anecdotes about helping clients cope with loss, thoughts about therapy, and musings about anti-racism and the limitations of Enlightenment-influenced (read: white) ways of thinking about life. On top of all that, Wilde, a self-described "skeptic", ponders the existence of an afterlife, and concludes that "eternal life is love in process". The text is moving in some places and too preachy in others. Still, Wilde’s observations are well worth considering. ( )