My Parents Are Dead: What Now?: A Panic-Free Guide to the Practicalities of Death

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Becky Robison

My Parents Are Dead

What Now?: A Panic-Free Guide to the Practicalities of Death

Becky Robison

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Quirk Books
06 January 2026

Family & health

An approachable, expert-fueled guide to dealing with the legal, financial, and logistical hurdles of a parent's death-without losing your sense of humor.

An approachable, expert-fueled guide to dealing with the legal, financial, and logistical hurdles of a parent's death-without losing your sense of humor.

Whether you've recently lost a parent or you're just trying to plan for the toughest day of your life so far, you're probably experiencing a lot of dizzying emotions. Unfortunately, our legal and financial systems don't care about your feelings. Whether you're holding it together or falling apart, you are going to need to enter an overwhelming labyrinth of paperwork and bureaucracy.

But you don't have to do it alone.

After losing both parents, Becky Robison devoted herself to making death and postdeath logistics easier on others-reading up on estate law, becoming a trained death doula, and starting the website DeadParentsWhatNow.com. She draws on her own experience, plus interviews with experts ranging from monument makers to morticians, to hold your hand through-

Asking your parents about their end-of-life wishes while you can Getting a body buried, cremated, or donated to science Planning a funeral Securing a death certificate Dealing with your parent's property-or debt Handling even more tricky issues you never wanted to be in charge of And still being able to laugh, a little, sometimes

Nothing about this is easy. The good news is you have someone on your side.

By: Becky Robison
Imprint: Quirk Books
Country of Publication: United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Dimensions: Height: 191mm, Width: 140mm,
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9781683694687
ISBN 10: 1683694686
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 06 January 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Becky Robison is a writer and certified death doula living in Louisville, Kentucky. A graduate of UNLV's creative writing MFA program, she has been published in Salon, Slate, Juked, and elsewhere. After her parents died, she created My Parents Are Dead- What Now?-a website documenting her journey through the legal, financial, and bureaucratic aftermath in order to help others do the same. She continues to educate others about death and dying through her writing and public speaking.