Hamnet, Maggie O’Farrell

โ€œAnyone, Eliza is thinking, who describes dying as โ€˜slipping awayโ€™ or โ€˜peacefulโ€™ has never witnessed it happen. Death is violent, death is a struggle. The body clings to life, as ivy to a wall, and will not easily let go, will not surrender its grip without a fight.โ€