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From here to eternity : traveling the world to find the good death / by Doughty, Caitlin,author.; Blair, Landis,illustrator.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-248).
Subjects: Undertakers and undertaking.; Death.;

Now departing : a small-town mortician on death, life, and the moments in between / by Sweeney, Victor M.,author.;
In 'Now Departing', a young funeral director - also known as the internets favorite mortician (CNBC) - explores various aspects of death, offering heartfelt and practical insights into how we determine what matters most while we are alive.
Subjects: Death.; Death; Grief.; Loss (Psychology); Regret.; Undertakers and undertaking.;

Slocum buried alive / by Logan, Jake.;
Subjects: Western stories.; Slocum (Fictitious character); Undertakers and undertaking;

The undertaker's assistant / by Skenandore, Amanda,author.;
"The dead can't hurt you. Only the living can." Effie Jones, a former slave who escaped to the Union side as a child, knows the truth of her words. Taken in by an army surgeon and his wife during the War, she learned to read and write, to tolerate the sight of blood and broken bodies-and to forget what is too painful to bear. Now a young freedwoman, she has returned south to New Orleans and earns her living as an embalmer, her steady hand and skillful incisions compensating for her white employer's shortcomings. Tall and serious, Effie keeps her distance from the other girls in her boarding house, holding tight to the satisfaction she finds in her work. But despite her reticence, two encounters--with a charismatic state legislator named Samson Greene, and a beautiful young Creole, Adeline--introduce her to new worlds of protests and activism, of soirees and social ambition. Effie decides to seek out the past she has blocked from her memory and try to trace her kin. As her hopes are tested by betrayal, and New Orleans grapples with violence and growing racial turmoil, Effie faces loss and heartache, but also a chance to finally find her place.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Bildungsromans.; African American women political activists; Undertakers and undertaking;

House of cotton / by Brashears, Monica,author.;
"Nineteen years old, broke, and effectively an orphan, Magnolia doesn't have much to look forward to. She feels stuck and haunted: by her overdrawn bank account, by her predatory landlord, by the ghost of her late grandmother Mama Brown. One night while working at her dead-end gas station job, a mysterious, slick stranger named Cotton walks in and offers to turn Magnolia's luck around. He offers her a lucrative "modeling" job at his family's funeral home. Magnolia accepts. But despite things looking up, Magnolia's problems fatten along with her wallet. When Cotton's requests become increasingly weird, Magnolia discovers there's a lot more at stake than just her rent. Sharp as a belted knife, this sly social commentary cuts straight to the bone, revealing the aftermath of the American plantation and what it means to be poor, Black, and a woman in the God fearing south. Impossible to put down, Brashears's House of Cotton will keep you mesmerized until the very last page"--
Subjects: Novels.; African American women; Bereavement; Poor women; Spirits; Undertakers and undertaking;

The plot thickets / by Henry, Julia,1962-;
While cleaning up the historic Goosebush Cemetery, Lilly Jayne stumbles upon the body of Whitney Dunne-Bradford, the conniving custodian of the graveyard, and must dig up the dirt on the real killer when the homicide inquiry suddenly targets an old friend.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Cozy mysteries.; Retired women; Gardening; Undertakers and undertaking; Cemeteries; Murder;

Make me a monster / by Bayron, Kalynn,author.;
As a newly certified mortician's assistant at her parents' funeral home, her days are not for the faint of heart. Luckily her boyfriend Noah isn't squeamish, and Meka is finally feeling ready to say the three little words that will change everything. But then tragedy strikes, and Meka's world is torn apart. Nothing makes sense, especially the strange things start happening. Ravens are circling her home. Strangers are following her. Someone is leaving mysterious items at her door. And worst of all ... The dead don't seem to be staying dead. Meka thought she understood death better than anyone. Turns out, the family business is a bit more complicated than it seems. And Meka isn't the only one desperate to unearth their secrets ... because the truth may be worth dying for.013+.
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Horror fiction.; Novels.; Grief; Interpersonal relations; Occultism; Supernatural; Teenage girls; Undertakers and undertaking; Grief; Interpersonal relations; Occultism; Supernatural; Teenage girls; Undertakers and undertaking;

Another fine mess : a novel / by Ryan, Lindy,author.;
"Making sure dead things stay buried is the family business ... For over a hundred years, the Evans women have kept the undead in their strange southeast Texas town from rising. But sometimes the dead rise too quick -- and that's what left Lenore Evans, and her granddaughter Luna, burying Luna's mother, Grace, and Lenore's mother, Ducey. Now the only two women left in the Evans family, Luna and Lenore are left rudderless in the wake of the most Godawful Mess to date. But when the full moon finds another victim, it's clear their trouble is far from over. Now Lenore, Luna, and the new sheriff -- their biggest ally -- must dig deep down into family lore to uncover what threatens everything they love most. The body count ticks up, the most unexpected dead will rise -- forcing Lenore and Luna to face the possibility that the undead aren't the only monsters preying on their small town"--
Subjects: Monster fiction.; Vampire fiction.; Horror fiction.; Novels.; Dead; Intergenerational relations; Monsters; Undertakers and undertaking; Vampires;

The lightning rod / by Meltzer, Brad,author.;
Mortician "Zig" Zigarowski, while working on the body of a successful military man, discovers something he was never meant to see, and, to get the answers he needs, sets out to find military artist Nola Brown--a search that reveals one of the U.S. government's most intensely guarded secrets.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Conspiracies; Defense information, Classified; Murder; Official secrets; Undertakers and undertaking; Women artists;

The lightning rod [text (large print)] / by Meltzer, Brad,author.;
Mortician "Zig" Zigarowski, while working on the body of a successful military man, discovers something he was never meant to see, and, to get the answers he needs, sets out to find military artist Nola Brown--a search that reveals one of the U.S. government's most intensely guarded secrets.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Large type books.; Novels.; Conspiracies; Defense information, Classified; Murder; Official secrets; Undertakers and undertaking; Women artists;

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