{"product_id":"over-our-dead-bodies-undertakers-lift-the-lid-paperback","title":"Over Our Dead Bodies:: Undertakers Lift the Lid - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKenneth McKenzie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTodd Harra\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e With humor and heart, \u003ci\u003eOver Our Dead Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e does for the undertaking profession what Mary Roach's \u003ci\u003eStiff \u003c\/i\u003edid for cadavers, and, like Caitlin Doughty's \u003ci\u003eWill My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?\u003c\/i\u003e gives us permission to embrace our morbid curiosity. From the authors of \u003ci\u003eMortuary Confidential\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eNot knowing what to do, I sat on the church steps and waited. As the gravity of my failure began to well up in me, I began to cry . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eI HAD LOST THE HEARSE \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From a dysfunctional family who turn their mother's wake into a full-blown riot, to funeral crashers looking for free meals, to a horse-drawn hearse taking the dearly departed for the ride of their afterlife, these accounts from actual undertakers will have you laughing, thinking, and gasping in disbelief. A literal graveyard of wild coincidences, slapstick humor, and touching moments, \u003ci\u003eOver Our Dead Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e explores the lighter side of the dead, the living, and the lone undertaker who has to make it all go as planned--even if it doesn't. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Charming and disarming . . . you'll see the 'fun' in funeral, humanity included.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--Raymond Mungo, author of \u003ci\u003eFamous Long Ago\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Great fun. These guys can bury me any day.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--Tim Cockey, author of the \u003ci\u003eHearse\u003c\/i\u003e mysteries\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eMortuary Confidential\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"As unpredictable and lively as a bunch of drunks at a New Orleans funeral.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--Joe R. Lansdale\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Sick, funny, and brilliant  I love this book.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Jonathan Maberry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"These true mortuary tales are poignant--and suddenly, gaspingly, in-your-face funny.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKenneth McKenzie\u003c\/b\u003e became interested in becoming a mortician at the age of 12, after his father committed suicide. Working with grieving families came very naturally to him. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After eight years at a Lakewood, California mortuary, in 1994 he opened McKenzie Cremation \u0026amp; Burial Services in Signal Hill, California. In 2007 Ken created and published the well-received \u003ci\u003eMen of Mortuaries\u003c\/i\u003e calendar to benefit Breast Cancer Awareness and received California's Outstanding Funeral Director of the Year award. McKenzie gives back to the community by sponsoring annual holiday food drives and summer estate sales that directly benefit people who receive care at local hospices. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e McKenzie has been named outstanding business of the year for community involvement by the Long Beach Community Business Network. He resides in Long Beach, CA. Please visit www.mckenziemortuaryservices.com. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eTodd Harra\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several books about the funeral profession. He is a fourth-generation funeral director and works for the family business in Wilmington, Delaware. In addition to being a funeral director and embalmer, Todd is a certified post-mortem reconstructionist and cremationist.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 8.32 x 5.55 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 27, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765089501472,"sku":"9780806541419","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/72a096e5e204f99df396c03981ffa821.webp?v=1780261926","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/over-our-dead-bodies-undertakers-lift-the-lid-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}