{"product_id":"grave-matters-9781416564041","title":"Grave Matters","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis coming soon.......\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Educated consumers are taking back control of the funeral experience, saving thousands of dollars with options that are more personal, meaningful, and environmentally-friendly. Mark Harris is a gifted story-teller; \u003ci\u003eGrave Matters\u003c\/i\u003e will surely provoke much-needed family discussions of these important issues.\" -- Lisa Carlson, author, \u003ci\u003eCaring for the Dead: Your Final Act of Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"As the researcher for Jessica Mitford's \u003ci\u003eThe American Way of Death Revisited\u003c\/i\u003e, I have bookcases filled with nearly twenty years of information on this subject. Not one of those books covers so much, so succinctly and with such grace as this one does. Bravo.\" -- Karen Leonard, director, The Mitford Institute\u003cbr\u003e\"Anyone who reads Mark Harris' straight-forward account of Americans who are taking back control of funeral rituals will come away inspired. The families in \u003ci\u003eGrave Matters\u003c\/i\u003e remind us what funerals are really for. No amount of money, no conspicuous funerary consumption, can buy the satisfaction of honoring our dead in a truly personal way.\" -- Josh Slocum, executive director, Funeral Consumers Alliance\u003cbr\u003e\"Here's a practical, helpful book on a subject you've almost certainly given too little thought to. I'd always told my friends to carry my body out back in the woods in a canvas sack -- but Mark Harris shows us there may be more creative ways than that to avoid the clutches of the funeral industry and help the earth at the same time.\" -- Bill McKibben, author, \u003ci\u003eDeep Economy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A well-organized, valuable resource for anyone considering the disposition of their own or their loved one's earthly remains.\" -- \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eGrave Matters\u003c\/i\u003e contains no-nonsense information that will change everything you thought you knew about funerals and dying in America. Essential and highly recommended.\" -- \u003ci\u003eTucson Citizen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A practical and affirming book.\" -- \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\"The one book you should truly read before you die.\" -- GroovyGreen.com","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529394954583,"sku":"9781416564041","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781416564041.jpg?v=1731875444","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/grave-matters-9781416564041","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}