Mortuary Confidential: Undertakers Spill the Dirt
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When the casket reached the front of the sanctuary, there was a loud cracking sound as the bottom fell out. And with a thump, down came Father Iggy. From shoot-outs at funerals to dead men screaming and runaway corpses, undertakers have plenty of unusual stories to tell and a special way of telling them. In this macabre and moving compilation, funeral directors across the country share their most embarrassing, jaw-dropping, irreverent, and deeply poignant stories about life at death's door. Discover what scares them and what moves them to tears. Learn about rookie mistakes and why death sometimes calls for duct tape. Enjoy tales of the dearly departed spending eternity naked from the waist down and getting bottled and corked -- in a wine bottle. And then meet their families -- the weepers, the punchers, the stolidly dignified, and the ones who deliver their dead mother in a pickup truck. If there's one thing undertakers know, it's that death drives people crazy. These are the best "bodies of work" from America's darkest profession. - Publisher.
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Think Chicken Soup for the Undertaker's Soul.
The writing is weak and underdeveloped but the stories are primarily interesting.
This is a collection of short stories told from the perspective of undertakers/funeral directors.Going into this, I thought it was gonna be more on the sad side. While it did have some tear-jerking moments, this showed more of a heartwarming and funny side of funerals. I really like how you get a look into the daily lives of this profession.But seriously, all jokes aside-I now have such a deep respect for these people because until you read something like this, you don't realize what these people actually do and how hard on them it may be. Especially when their grandmother/father/best-friend/lover passes away and they're the ones to handle them.Since I enjoyed this so much, I really want to read more like it. There's another book by the same two authors called [b:Over Our Dead Bodies: Undertakers Lift the Lid 18371379 Over Our Dead Bodies Undertakers Lift the Lid Ken McKenzie https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1385353788l/18371379.SX50.jpg 25981469] and I will probably be picking that up soon.
