I read this book a few years ago, after I had already gone through this prosses with my paternal grandfather, a first generation Swedish American. I think it's a very normal thing, at least in my family. I'm now going through the process again with my father, though he is still young, he wants to downsize and pass on things while he is still living. I adopted a more minimalistic life style myself because of reading this and other books by Marie Kondo. If you are trying to get rid of stuff I recommend this book.