Description

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Stroll through three centuries of American cemeteries through photographic images, historic poetry, and memorable prose.

The reader will find stunning photos in both black-and-white and color. Paired with the images are poignant passages drawn from timeless literature and sensitive recollections of family losses. The cemetery emerges as a place of solace, where final and loving farewells may rest safely among the tombstones.

This book offers a compassionate context that deepens awareness of the experience of death. Devotees of art, history, poetry, and philosophy will find Cemetery Reflections a mesmerizing journey. Grief is intense and lonely, dying can be frightening and sometimes painful beyond expectation, and the "great beyond" remains a mystery.

The pandemic and recent violence in the US have brought issues of death to the forefront. People are searching for ways to better understand and cope with challenges that once seemed far distant. Cemetery Reflections can provide a valuable assist in this process.

About the Author

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Jane Hopkins, a fine art photographer, has explored over 200 cemeteries in the eastern US and Canada over the past decade. Her educational background includes degrees in Psychology and Social Work. She studied digital photography and printing at Rochester Institute of Technology, the Corcoran School of Art, and with photographer Dan Burkholder. Her fine art photographs have been exhibited and sold regionally and nationally since 2002. Jane lives with her husband Tom in Webster, NY on the shore of Lake Ontario.

Praise For…

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"This striking collection of cemetery photography sheds light on the American way of memorialization… There is beauty, wisdom, and peace in this collection.," --Booklife Reviews

"A beautiful collection of photography displaying the extraordinary structures, intricate carvings, and colorful foliage that bring life to the cemeteries where our loved ones lie to rest....With gorgeous poems to accompany the photos and short personal stories of grief, readers will find themselves at peace while reading and taking in the scenery." — Kristi Elizabeth, San Francisco Book Review

"Every picture in this book was a story in itself: emotions etched in stone, poetry in the curve of a line, in the back of a statue bent in mourning, in the closed eyes of a cherub that stood over the grave of a child….The photos leap off the pages and force its audience to feel and reflect."—Book Review Directory

"A healing balm for troubling times, Cemetery Reflections by Jane Hopkins is a thoughtful gathering of wisdom and compassion, offered through a sensitive portrait of final resting places."—Self Publishing Review

"Put this book on the coffee table, but pick it up now and then to remember that life is short, and we need to live it to the fullest"—Phillip van Heusen, Readers' Favorite

"Ideally, book club discussion groups on grief and surviving will use it to bring to light the emotions that surround death, exploring the artistic and emotional draw Cemetery Reflections explores and represents."—D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review