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An examination of American burial customs, written by an Englishwoman who resided in California for many years. Mitford finds the funeral industry infested with corruption, price-fixing, and outright fraud, and she writes scathingly of those who profit from it.
| Size | | Length: | 296 pages | | Height: | 9.5 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 24.0 oz |
Industry Reviews
"At the end of her account, the author provides a directory of not-for-profit funeral societies. That list alone may be worth the book's price."
Business Week - Hardy Green (09/21/1998)
"...Mitford has uncovered, for a new generation of what she reckons are guilt-ridden, grief-disabled, easily confused consumers, that funeral directors sell caskets for what they buy them for."
San Francisco Chronicle Book Review - Thomas Lynch (08/16/1998)
"Like an acupuncturist gone bad, Mitford pokes funeral directors and prods death-care conglomerates, insisting that the funerals they peddle are both overpriced and overwrought…Mitford's book is a blaring trumpet blast of a complaint."
Lingua Franca - Stephen Prothero (04/01/2001)
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