{"product_id":"over-our-dead-bodies-undertakers-lift-the-lid-9780806541419","title":"Over Our Dead Bodies:: Undertakers Lift the Lid","description":"\u003cb\u003e With humor and heart, \u003ci\u003eOver Our Dead Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e does for the undertaking profession what Mary Roach's \u003ci\u003eStiff \u003c\/i\u003edid for cadavers, and, like Caitlin Doughty's \u003ci\u003eWill My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?\u003c\/i\u003e gives us permission to embrace our morbid curiosity. From the authors of \u003ci\u003eMortuary Confidential\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eNot knowing what to do, I sat on the church steps and waited. As the gravity of my failure began to well up in me, I began to cry . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eI HAD LOST THE HEARSE \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From a dysfunctional family who turn their mother's wake into a full-blown riot, to funeral crashers looking for free meals, to a horse-drawn hearse taking the dearly departed for the ride of their afterlife, these accounts from actual undertakers will have you laughing, thinking, and gasping in disbelief. A literal graveyard of wild coincidences, slapstick humor, and touching moments, \u003ci\u003eOver Our Dead Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e explores the lighter side of the dead, the living, and the lone undertaker who has to make it all go as planned--even if it doesn't. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Charming and disarming . . . you'll see the 'fun' in funeral, humanity included.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--Raymond Mungo, author of \u003ci\u003eFamous Long Ago\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Great fun. These guys can bury me any day.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--Tim Cockey, author of the \u003ci\u003eHearse\u003c\/i\u003e mysteries\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eMortuary Confidential\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"As unpredictable and lively as a bunch of drunks at a New Orleans funeral.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--Joe R. Lansdale\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Sick, funny, and brilliant  I love this book.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Jonathan Maberry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"These true mortuary tales are poignant--and suddenly, gaspingly, in-your-face funny.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Citadel Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/27\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806541419\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256","brand":"Kenneth McKenzie, Todd Harra","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40367507538101,"sku":"9780806541419","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_643834eb-17c7-4666-9905-6a66afa33a87.jpg?v=1624981705","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/over-our-dead-bodies-undertakers-lift-the-lid-9780806541419","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}