Author: Andrew Meredith
Andrew has bravely written a memoir that is both engaging and honest. One that highlights, but does not dwell on, the dysfunction that pervades many an American family. At the surface this looks like a book that is about the funeral business. But very quickly you will realize that it is a lot deeper and darker than that.
After Andrew’s father loses his teaching job, his mother and father barely speak to each other. His father gets a job in the funeral business and Andrew follows in his footsteps. What follows are Andrew’s musings on the job and his childhood. This quote from Andrew eloquently sums up the book, "The disengagement that settled on my house when I was a teenager had somehow inured me to the corporal miseries of the funeral business”.
Andrew writes in a flowing style that is very easy to read. You get a peek into an American home that may seem dysfunctional, but evidently has raised a balanced mind and a great author.
Andrew has bravely written a memoir that is both engaging and honest. One that highlights, but does not dwell on, the dysfunction that pervades many an American family. At the surface this looks like a book that is about the funeral business. But very quickly you will realize that it is a lot deeper and darker than that.
After Andrew’s father loses his teaching job, his mother and father barely speak to each other. His father gets a job in the funeral business and Andrew follows in his footsteps. What follows are Andrew’s musings on the job and his childhood. This quote from Andrew eloquently sums up the book, "The disengagement that settled on my house when I was a teenager had somehow inured me to the corporal miseries of the funeral business”.
Andrew writes in a flowing style that is very easy to read. You get a peek into an American home that may seem dysfunctional, but evidently has raised a balanced mind and a great author.
