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Enables those who have been bereaved to express their thoughts and feelings.

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This book will be a great help and a real comfort to anyone going through a difficult time in their life – something that happens to us all sooner or later. * Dame Judi Dench *
Mark Oakley is highly regarded as a writer, speaker and broadcaster on issues of faith, poetry and literature: It is extremely unusual to meet anyone who isn’t a specialist who has such a subtle feeling for language. * Sir Andrew Motion, Former Poet Laureate *
An exceptionally wide-ranging collection of verse, including some standard favourites, but much that is less well-known: Vera Arlett and Alden Nowlan for example, but also including poems in translation (Quevedo, Kaplinski, Hitomaro). The poems and short reflections are sandwiched between a collection of 46 suggested hymns, making this a book that any lay person could use to start planning a funeral. My only concern is that many of these poems would have to be read aloud by someone experienced at public speaking, or their impact will be lost. -- Kirsty Anderson * The Reader *

Readings for Funerals

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      Publisher: SPCK Publishing
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/01/2015
      ISBN13: 9780281071807, 978-0281071807
      ISBN10: 0281071802
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Enables those who have been bereaved to express their thoughts and feelings.

      Trade Review
      This book will be a great help and a real comfort to anyone going through a difficult time in their life – something that happens to us all sooner or later. * Dame Judi Dench *
      Mark Oakley is highly regarded as a writer, speaker and broadcaster on issues of faith, poetry and literature: It is extremely unusual to meet anyone who isn’t a specialist who has such a subtle feeling for language. * Sir Andrew Motion, Former Poet Laureate *
      An exceptionally wide-ranging collection of verse, including some standard favourites, but much that is less well-known: Vera Arlett and Alden Nowlan for example, but also including poems in translation (Quevedo, Kaplinski, Hitomaro). The poems and short reflections are sandwiched between a collection of 46 suggested hymns, making this a book that any lay person could use to start planning a funeral. My only concern is that many of these poems would have to be read aloud by someone experienced at public speaking, or their impact will be lost. -- Kirsty Anderson * The Reader *

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