From Facebook memories to live-streamed funerals, Lauren John Joseph, author of At Certain Points We Touch, explains how the internet has changed the way we mourn forever,

How the internet has changed the way we grieve forever 

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It’s no longer a question of avoiding certain places, films or songs which bring it all back – digital grief expands in horrible, uncanny ways

I’ve even seen YouTube videos that function as ersatz chapels, with prayers for intercession and remembrance left as comments on videos of the lives of the saints

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Lauren John Joseph, author of debut novel At Certain Points We Touch, explains how we’ve entered a new era of digital grief. 

From Facebook memories to live-streamed funerals: how the internet has changed the way we grieve forever