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Before We Go – PRE-ORDER

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How do you want to be remembered in death?

Cézanne Laurette asks her readers this important question in Before We Go, a memoir and guidebook that hopes to assist humans in living and dying authentically.

In response to research conducted at MacEwan University that showed a deeply-rooted fear of death in Northwestern society, the idea for this contemplative journal bloomed. Laurette was moved to create something visually stunning and emotionally relevant to help those across all stages of life contemplate their mortality in a healthy way.

Through thought-provoking questions and her own personal reflections, Laurette offers a space in which honestly expressed thoughts can be penned. Readers are invited to join the author on this grounding journey to share about their current selves and document how they would like to be celebrated, remembered, and cared for in their death. Ultimately, readers will create their own memoir to be picked up by loved ones left behind

Before We Go by Cézanne Laurette is a beautifully reflective guided memoir that confronts the fear of death, inspires authentic living, and helps create a heartfelt legacy for loved ones to cherish.

“Cézanne Laurette holds space for a topic that often resides in the shadow side of human experience. Before We Go sheds light on death and dying by drawing from multiple practitioners and practices—from hospice nurse and spiritual counsellor to photographic documentation. The result is a unique and engaging book that evokes the meaningfulness of mortality while offering thought-provoking reflections on the experience of being alive. Drawing from arts-based research and a range of interdisciplinary insight, Laurette prompts the reader to participate in the narrative through writing—further expanding a textual work that crosses multiple genres.”

– Adolfo Ruiz, Associate Professor of Design, MacEwan University

Author: Cézanne Laurette

Publisher: Wild Skies Press

Format: Paperback & Ebook

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Publication Date: October 1, 2026