Death is inevitable, and to avoid talking about it is a mistake.
Death is a certainty, yet the vast majority of us do not want to talk about it. Estimate Time of Departure is William Donaldson's record of the end-of-life conversations between himself and his parents. This powerful, poignant, funny story describes how one family became closer through these discussions and how the inevitable passing became, while still sad, cathartic and deeply loving events.