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Grave Matters - A Journey Through the Modern Funeral Industry to a Natural Way of Burial More...

by Mark Harris

Grave Matters follows several families who found a more natural, more economic, and more meaningful alternative to other options offered at the local funeral parlor.

Chapters

  1. The Embalming of Jenny Johnson
  2. After the Burial
  3. Cremation
  4. Burial at Sea
  5. The Memorial Reef
  6. The Home Funeral
  7. A Plain Pine Box
  8. Backyard Burial
  9. The Natural Cemetery

Reviews

Extremely useful information everyone needs to know January 22, 2007
With a completely objective approach, Mr. Harris has researched thoroughly many various aspects of burial/funeral procedures and options, giving the reader detailed information about specific processes and choices available to the consumer. Each chapter ends with a concise wrap-up of things you need to know - a great feature of this book. No detail is unexplored. What some may consider an untouchable subject, Mark Harris has developed into a very professional and dignified outcome.

Every family should consider this book a MUST for the shelf. Though no one wants to think of the inevitable, all should want to be prepared early on, and this book gives you the information you NEED to know.

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