Words at the Threshold by Lisa Smartt

Words at the Threshold: What We Say as We’re Nearing Death by Lisa Smartt examines end-of-life communication. Her inquiry began with transcribing her father’s conversations and grew into a collection of interviews and case studies.

Smartt considers recurring imagery, symbolism and shifts in language as death approaches. Her spiritual interpretations offer one perspective on these accounts, not a definitive explanation of consciousness or the afterlife.