Unpacked by AFAR · Thursday, August 13, 2026
Livia Spaldin highlights a specific essay in the 'Best Women's Travel Writing' anthology by Anne Hood, a New York Times bestseller. The essay details Hood's journey to Mexico for Day of the Dead celebrations as a way to process the grief from her daughter's death at age six.
“Oh gosh. There's a really beautiful one by Anne Hood, the writer Anne Hood, who's a New York Times bestseller. And it's about going to Mexico to celebrate Day of the Dead. As a way of grieving her daughter who died when she was six.”
“And there are a lot of really beautiful insights that come from being there and connecting with the people sort of ushering her through that experience.”