The Sunday Read: 'The Movement to Bring Death Closer'

<p>“If death practices reveal a culture’s values,” writes Maggie Jones, the author of today’s Sunday Read, “we choose convenience, outsourcing, an aversion to knowing or seeing too much.”</p><p>Enter home-funeral guides, practitioners who believe families can benefit from tending to — and spending time with — the bodies of the deceased.</p><p>On today’s Sunday Read, listen to Ms. Jones’s story about the home-funeral movement and the changing nature of America’s funeral practices.</p><p><em>This story was written by </em><strong><em>Maggie Jones</em></strong><em> and recorded by Audm. To hear more audio stories from publishers like The New York Times,</em><a href="https://www.audm.com/?utm_source=nytmag&utm_medium=embed&utm_campaign=movement_bring_death_closer" target="_blank"><em> download Audm for iPhone or Android.</em></a></p>