Dive into the ocean-like depth of this writing … To read this book is to invite radical change, both personal change and changes in the lives of those around you… for these stories will increase the depth of your being.

From the Foreward by Robert Sardello

I am so grateful to have read Nancy’s book! It never ceases to amaze me that after working in this profession and accompanying those nearing the end of their lives, there is so much more to learn. Thank you for expanding my learning and challenging me in new ways. I trust it will find a home on the shelves of many psychotherapists, as well as spiritual care practitioners and palliative care workers.

Rev. Lynn Granke, past president CASC/ACSS, certified spiritual care practitioner and supervisor-educator

Our moment in time is ripe for release from fear of dying and death. Call to the Far Shore takes us closer to freedom. Our family funeral home was honored to return to our roots in partnering with Nancy. What a beautiful story she tells!

Sarah Reid, fifth generation of family-run James Reid Funeral Home (Est. 1854), and board member of Green Burial Kingston 

What a weight in gold the pages of this book The Call To The Far Shore offer us! In this new gospel of the natural response to death, we witnesses of MacMillan’s soul experiences are invited to walk beside her as she shows us the mansions of grace to be experienced in following her call to us to be present and be awake in the mysteries of life, death, and transition. This book must be available to all who walk the earth and will depart from it.

Phyllida Anam-Aire, Irish poet, psychotherapist, and author of A Celtic Book of Dying, The Last Ecstasy of Life, and Let Love Heal

I enjoyed this reflection on life and dying. It is an interesting mix of narrative and contemplation. I have worked in geriatric medicine and palliative care for thirty years and got new perspectives on aging and death from the book. 

Chris Franks, M.D., professor of medicine at Queen’s University and clinical lead of specialized geriatrics providence care

You must read this book, and you must make sure that those you love read it, because it offers profound spiritual wisdom and practical, empathic guidance for navigating the inevitabilities of death. Beautifully written, this is as essential a resource for helping the dying as Spiritual Midwifery was for assisting birth. Sure to be a classic.

Perdita Finn, author of Take Back the Magic and The Way of the Rose

Nancy walks us through the deeply sacred journey of her mother’s death, capturing the essence of home funerals while inspiring the reader to imagine caring for the dead in a slow and loving way. Her stories are artfully woven together while poignantly painting a picture of the incredible healing and feeling of completeness when grace prevails. I highly recommend this book for those both unfamiliar and experienced with death; it is a loving guide to assist all who want to connect with the rituals that can be created at this portal.

Jerrigrace Lyons, founder of Final Passages: Institute of Conscious Dying, Home Funeral, and Green Burial Education and author of Creating Home Funerals

This book brings a great lesson and healing to the world. One can feel the impact of what it will bring to so many people who are suffering because of disconnection from life itself, hence a fear of dying. When we realize that we are one and that we are connected deeply through the breath we take in, life is inevitable and death is the transformation of it. Nancy describes this phenomenon very beautifully in this inspiring book.

Efu Nyaki, author of Healing Trauma through Family Constellations and Somatic Experiencing