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Curtains: Adventures Of An Undertaker-in-Training (2010)

by Tom Jokinen(Favorite Author)

3.54 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0306818914 (ISBN13: 9780306818912)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Da Capo Press

review 1: I enjoyed this book. The tone was just right and it was informative as well as entertaining with some good doses of laughter. You really do need to inject some humour into this kind of subject and he does it well. I probably would have enjoyed it more if I hadn't already read "Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers" by Mary Roach. That is an outstanding book. I loved it. Not for the squeamish. I suppose I shouldn't compare because one is more about the industry and the other is more an exploration of different places a dead body can head off to (not just with respect to "disposal"), but there is overlap. Both writers have a good sense of humour - would likely make a good writing team.
review 2: An interesting report on the "death-care" business as told from... more a former journalist who decided to take a sabbatical and try being an undertaker in Canada. Gave a lot of insight into how funerals work, how the business is run, and all the options one has when he or she dies. It was a good book--an easy, quick read--but it would have been better if it contained more humor. The writer was witty and occasionally laugh-out-loud funny but the book could have benefited from more of that. less

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