“What People Really Think About Dying: Lessons from a Graphic Novel on Death and Family Sto” — what this page in the network covers. Author Hallie Bateman and her mother, Suzy Hopkins, unexpectedly became guides to the taboo topic of mortality after publishing a graphic novel on death. What began as Hallie’s fear of losing her mom turned into a project where Suzy answered her daughter's questions about life advice, and Hallie ill The Guardian Lifestyle Oct 30, 2026 • 4:00 PM
What began as Hallie’s fear of losing her mom turned into a project where Suzy answered her daughter's questions about life advice, and Hallie illustrated the answers in gouache. The book, published when Suzy was in her late 50s, has sparked conversations across generations. Readers have used it to process loss of parents, spouses, and pets, and to leave handwritten notes for their own children in the margins. This listing links straight to the original page, where the content is available in full.