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Confessions of a Funeral Director

Author : Caleb Wilde
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062465260
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book Confessions of a Funeral Director written by Caleb Wilde and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-09-26 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Wise, vulnerable, and surprisingly relatable . . . funny in all the right places and enormously helpful throughout. It will change how you think about death.” —Rachel Held Evans, New York Times–bestselling author of Searching for Sunday We are a people who deeply fear death. While humans are biologically wired to evade death for as long as possible, we have become too adept at hiding from it, vilifying it, and—when it can be avoided no longer—letting the professionals take over. Sixth-generation funeral director Caleb Wilde understands this reticence and fear. He had planned to get as far away from the family business as possible. He wanted to make a difference in the world, and how could he do that if all the people he worked with were . . . dead? Slowly, he discovered that caring for the deceased and their loved ones was making a difference—in other people’s lives to be sure, but it also seemed to be saving his own. A spirituality of death began to emerge as he observed the family who lovingly dressed their deceased father for his burial; the nursing home that honored a woman’s life by standing in procession as her body was taken away; the funeral that united a conflicted community. Through stories like these, told with equal parts humor and poignancy, Wilde’s candid memoir offers an intimate look into the business of death and a new perspective on living and dying. “Open[s] up conversations about life’s ultimate concerns.” —The Washington Post “As a look behind the closed doors of the death industry, as well as a candid exploration of Wilde’s own faith journey, this book is fascinating and compelling.” —National Catholic Reporter “[A] stunner of a debut.” —Rachel Held Evans, author of Inspired

Dead Serious; My Life As a Funeral Director

Author : J. Kevin Watts
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Dead Serious; My Life As a Funeral Director written by J. Kevin Watts and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-24 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For decades I have shared stories with friends and family about my years as a funeral director. The most common response was, you could write a book.My novel entitled "Dead Serious; my life as a Funeral Director." is filled with stories to make the reader experience a vast array of emotions. Some sad, some funny, and some quite frankly people might not believe, but I am dead serious.I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I have enjoyed the 30-year journey.

Nine Years Under

Author : Sheri Booker
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1592407625
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (924 download)

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Download or read book Nine Years Under written by Sheri Booker and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dazzling and darkly comic memoir about coming of age in a black funeral home in Baltimore Sheri Booker was only fifteen when she started working at Wylie Funeral Home in West Baltimore. She had no idea her summer job would become nine years of immersion into a hidden world. Reeling from the death of her beloved great aunt, Sheri found comfort in the funeral home and soon had the run of the place. With AIDS and gang violence threatening to wipe out a generation of black men, Wylie was never short on business. As families came together to bury one of their own, Booker was privy to their most intimate moments of grief and despair. But along with the sadness, Booker encountered moments of dark humor: brawls between mistresses and widows, and car crashes at McDonald’s with dead bodies in tow. While she never got over her terror of the embalming room, Booker learned to expect the unexpected and to never, ever cry. Nine Years Under offers readers an unbelievable glimpse into an industry in the backdrop of all our lives.

From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death

Author : Caitlin Doughty
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393249905
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death written by Caitlin Doughty and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times and Los Angeles Times Bestseller “Doughty chronicles [death] practices with tenderheartedness, a technician’s fascination, and an unsentimental respect for grief.” —Jill Lepore, The New Yorker Fascinated by our pervasive fear of dead bodies, mortician Caitlin Doughty embarks on a global expedition to discover how other cultures care for the dead. From Zoroastrian sky burials to wish-granting Bolivian skulls, she investigates the world’s funerary customs and expands our sense of what it means to treat the dead with dignity. Her account questions the rituals of the American funeral industry—especially chemical embalming—and suggests that the most effective traditions are those that allow mourners to personally attend to the body of the deceased. Exquisitely illustrated by artist Landis Blair, From Here to Eternity is an adventure into the morbid unknown, a fascinating tour through the unique ways people everywhere confront mortality.

Mortuary Confidential

Author : Kenneth McKenzie
Publisher : Kensington Books
ISBN 13 : 0806531797
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Mortuary Confidential written by Kenneth McKenzie and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From rookie mistakes and runaway corpses to screaming dead men and unusual requests, a collection of stories by funeral directors.

Emotional Intelligence for Funeral Directors

Author : Melanie Carr, Ph.D.
Publisher : Gatekeeper Press
ISBN 13 : 1662901100
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (629 download)

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Book Synopsis Emotional Intelligence for Funeral Directors by : Melanie Carr, Ph.D.

Download or read book Emotional Intelligence for Funeral Directors written by Melanie Carr, Ph.D. and published by Gatekeeper Press. This book was released on 2020-08-12 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working as a funeral director can be a very stressful career. Not only are there time demands and heavy work loads, but funeral directors must deal both with preparing the deceased for their funeral and handling and caring for their grieving loved ones. Juggling all these tasks may account for why some claim that 50% of funeral directors are leaving the profession within their first five years. Why are so many funeral directors' burning out, and what can be done to minimize the effects of stress? Melanie Carr reveals that the secret may lie in emotional intelligence. Drawing on discoveries she made while working on her Ph.D. in Psychology, Melanie will share her key findings on the relationship between emotional intelligence and occupational stress. Some of the key takeaways you'll learn include: *What are the key components of Emotional Intelligence * How gender affects Emotional Intelligence * How age affects Emotional Intelligence * How Emotional Intelligence affects one's occupational stress * How you can improve your Emotional Intelligence This is a must-read for any Funeral Director! Whether you are experiencing stress or burnout currently, or you just want to improve your skill-set, this book will help you gain a better understanding of work stressors and how to overcome them.

The Funeral Director's Son

Author : Coleen Murtagh Paratore
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416982760
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (169 download)

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Download or read book The Funeral Director's Son written by Coleen Murtagh Paratore and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-08-05 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This family business is for life... In the small town of Clover, when you die, you are put to rest by Campbell and Sons Funeral Home. Unfortunately twelve-year-old Kip Campbell happens to be the only "son" in that title. And that's a problem for him since the funeral home business is the last thing he wants to inherit, even if he has a "gift" for it. See, it just so happens that Kip can talk to the dead. Well, they talk to him, really. They tell him what they need in order to move on to the great beyond. Kip wants to move too. Straight out of Clover. He's about to give notice -- he's done helping the dead -- when he's offered a surprising deal: Find out the secret that is holding back old Billy Blye, and Kip will receive his weight in gold. That would be enough to take him far away from Clover, and Campbell and Sons Funeral Home.

The Bottom Drawer Book

Author : Lisa Herbert
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780645176728
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book The Bottom Drawer Book written by Lisa Herbert and published by . This book was released on 2023-08-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bottom Drawer Book is your after death action plan. Your ideas, plans, and your life's reflections will sit quietly in its pages until they're needed. Then, when you go, there'll be no family squabbling over how much to spend on your casket, who'll tell stories at your funeral, and which songs to play. The notes you make in The Bottom Drawer Book will give your loved ones the opportunity to grieve and celebrate the real you and your honest story.

Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?

Author : Caitlin Doughty
Publisher : Thorndike Press Large Print
ISBN 13 : 9781432872274
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (722 download)

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Book Synopsis Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? by : Caitlin Doughty

Download or read book Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? written by Caitlin Doughty and published by Thorndike Press Large Print. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author and mortician Doughty answers real questions from kids about death, dead bodies, and decomposition.

We all know how this ends

Author : Anna Lyons
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472966783
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)

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Download or read book We all know how this ends written by Anna Lyons and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-18 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Wonderful, thoughtful, practical' - Cariad Lloyd, Griefcast 'Encouraging and inspiring' - Dr Kathryn Mannix, author of Amazon bestseller With the End in Mind End-of-life doula Anna Lyons and funeral director Louise Winter have joined forces to share a collection of the heartbreaking, surprising and uplifting stories of the ordinary and extraordinary lives they encounter every single day. From working with the living, the dying, the dead and the grieving, Anna and Louise reveal the lessons they've learned about life, death, love and loss. Together they've created a profound but practical guide to rethinking the one thing that's guaranteed to happen to us all. We are all going to die, and that's ok. Let's talk about it. This is a book about life and living, as much as it's a book about death and dying. It's a reflection on the beauties, blessings and tragedies of life, the exquisite agony and ecstasy of being alive, and the fragility of everything we hold dear. It's as simple and as complicated as that.

The Day the Angels Fell

Author : Shawn Smucker
Publisher : Revell
ISBN 13 : 1493411071
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (934 download)

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Download or read book The Day the Angels Fell written by Shawn Smucker and published by Revell. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was the summer of storms and strays and strangers. The summer that lightning struck the big oak tree in the front yard. The summer his mother died in a tragic accident. As he recalls the tumultuous events that launched a surprising journey, Samuel can still hardly believe it all happened. After his mother's death, twelve-year-old Samuel Chambers would do anything to bring her back. Prompted by three strange carnival fortune-tellers and the surfacing of his mysterious and reclusive neighbor, Sam begins his search for the Tree of Life--the only thing that could possibly bring his mother back. His quest to defeat death entangles him and his best friend Abra in an ancient conflict and forces Sam to grapple with an unwelcome question: could it be possible that death is a gift? Haunting and hypnotic, The Day the Angels Fell explores the difficult questions of life in a voice that is fresh, friendly, and unafraid. With this powerful story, Shawn Smucker has carved out a spot for himself in the tradition of authors Madeleine L'Engle and Lois Lowry.

To Serve the Living

Author : Suzanne E. Smith
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674036215
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book To Serve the Living written by Suzanne E. Smith and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2010-02-25 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the “hush harbors” of the slave quarters, African Americans first used funerals to bury their dead and to plan a path to freedom. Similarly, throughout the long struggle for racial equality in the 20th century, funeral directors aided the cause by honoring the dead while supporting the living. Here is their story.

The Undertaker

Author : Laura Del Gaudio
Publisher : Green Place Books
ISBN 13 : 9781950584116
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (841 download)

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Download or read book The Undertaker written by Laura Del Gaudio and published by Green Place Books. This book was released on 2019-11-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Undertaker is Laura Del Gaudio's lively story of learning the family business from under the kitchen table as a child. It is how she learned empathy in the face of unspeakable traumas while understanding the impact of trauma herself. Licensed at the age of 21, she became the 3rd generation in the family business which was located at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge. Laura Del Gaudio has written a one-of-a-kind book, like the author herself who is authentic, a New York character as any. It is a toss up between "6 Feet Under" meets "A Bronx Tale" and The "Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade" meets "A Walker in the City." The Undertaker is a story about suffering, and also about family, community, healing, triumph and what it means to be loyal. The Undertaker is not only by a woman-for-women, but for those who want to better understand what it means to be a woman in a world where the future is female.

The Good Funeral Guide

Author : Charles Cowling
Publisher : Bloomsbury Continuum
ISBN 13 : 9781472975942
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (759 download)

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Download or read book The Good Funeral Guide written by Charles Cowling and published by Bloomsbury Continuum. This book was released on 2019-12-17 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Good Funeral Guide is the first ever independent consumer guide to the funeral industry. It is for anyone who: - needs to arrange a funeral for someone now - has sick or elderly relatives or friends and knows that a funeral is imminent - wants to find a good funeral director and have some say in the funeral itself - wants to make future arrangements for their own funeral - would like to learn about deaths and funerals Authoritative, impartial and empowering, it is indispensable for those who don't want a conventional religious ceremony and invaluable for those who do. This is a book we will all need - probably at least twice.

One Incredible Journey

Author : Earl F. Lindsay
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1452030383
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book One Incredible Journey written by Earl F. Lindsay and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The autobiographical material in this book is intended to describe how the development of a clergy comes to pass! This journey through a clergy person's life is intended to: --help us be aware of all the people who have a vital part in the development of a pastor --recognize the level of commitment necessary to be an effective pastor --a life-long refinement of skills and learning through formal education, life experiences and continuing education --the need to care for our personhood and our family, as well as the parish --the necessity of making the Bible a life-long study project --the courage to act in time of crisis --a good sense of humor --the flexibility to grow and change as society and the church reach out for leadership

Speaking of the Dead

Author : Chelsea L. Tolman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781732948419
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (484 download)

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Download or read book Speaking of the Dead written by Chelsea L. Tolman and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-08 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In most Western and Westernized cultures, the reality of death is a subject that we avoid because it makes us uncomfortable. Even participants in religions that celebrate death as a release to a paradisiacal realm will avoid talking about or facing the death experience, unless it's through the lens of their religious beliefs. The rest of us tap dance around the subject, enjoying death-related fiction involving vampires, zombies, and serial killers, while we recoil in mind-numbing horror at the thought of being in the same room with a corpse. Chelsea Tolman is a funeral director, mortician, and embalmer with over 15 years experience. In her book, "Speaking of the Dead," she attempts to provide the balm that allows us to engage in the real world of death's circumstances and give us a peek behind the curtain at what it's like to be a professional in the death industry.This book is a collection of Chelsea's recounted stories that illustrate the unique perspective of being a professional in the death industry. She covers a wide range of emotions and circumstances from light hilarity to deep sadness and grief. She does well in not taking herself too seriously and is quick to share stories where she laughs about her own foibles and mistakes. Chelsea also takes the time to celebrate the diversity of cultures, describing in intimate detail the way some religions and nationalities treat their dead. All get equal respect, including the careful corpse wrappings of the Bha'i, the pronated wailing women of the Far East, the colorful dancers of Africa, suicides, and drug overdoses. She expertly weaves these stories of culture in with the experience of grief and loss to reveal how we all share the basic human essence of missing our dead.Finally, "Speaking of the Dead" serves as Chelsea's heartfelt attempt to show to the world that the experience of caring for one's dead is one that should be embraced and cherished, rather than avoided and feared as it largely is at present. She details the loving care she gives to the bodies and how she encourages the loved ones to participate and catalyze their own progress at closure. The tenderness she shows in wrapping infants in blankets, smoothing an old man's hair, or applying a young woman's make-up invites you to step over the gap from macabre avoidance to emotional acceptance and understand that death is simply another part of the human experience that we should all embrace.

The Genius of Frank E. Campbell

Author : Todd Van Beck
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781984198730
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book The Genius of Frank E. Campbell written by Todd Van Beck and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-02-25 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Talk about branding! Frank E. Campbell. The name says it all, well at least with New Yorkers and funeral professionals around the world. Walk down any street in the boroughs of New York City and ask anybody you meet this questions, "Name a funeral home in Manhattan?" Chances are very good that the response will be, "Frank E. Campbell." This author was dining in the Oak Room at the Plaza Hotel in New York City several years ago and I asked the bartender "Do you know a funeral director in the "city"? He responded immediately without hesitation, "Sure, Frank E. Campbell." Now ask any funeral director, "Who is the most famous funeral director ever?" The response will most often be: Frank E. Campbell. Added to all this is that the policy of the New York Times, when they run obituaries of the rich and famous is to NOT mention specific funeral home names, unless the funeral is being conducted by Frank E. Campbell. The clientele of Frank E. Campbell reads like a veritable who's who of the rich and famous. Here is a very small idea of celebrity and social luminaries who have been cared for by Frank E. Campbell, The Funeral Chapel: Elizabeth Arden, Yul Brenner, James Cagney, Jacqueline Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, John Lennon, Judy Garland, J.C. Penny, Mae West, and of course Rudolph Valentino. Today the Frank E. Campbell building at 81st and Madison Avenue in Manhattan is very discrete and draws little attention to itself. The founder however, Frank E. Campbell was not discrete at times, and certainly was an expert at drawing attention to himself and his firm. Frank E. Campbell is still the reigning funeral home in Manhattan, but the man himself has been dead for over 80 years. It is time that his story be told, and what a story it is. We begin by asking some interesting questions. Who was Frank E. Campbell? How did he become a funeral director, and how did this one funeral director attract such a lustrous clientele? What was Frank E. Campbell like as a real live human being, and why was Mr. Campbell's remains not permanently buried until almost seventy five years after his death? This work attempts to answer these and a myriad of other questions about the life and career of Frank E. Campbell. In the annals of funeral service history it is generally conceded and accepted by students of the subject that one man Frank E. Campbell, Mortician (he himself preferred mortician to funeral director) produced one of the most profound and lasting impacts on American funeral service practices in the late 19th, and the early 20th century. This is a fascinating story about a famous funeral director!