Death for Beginners : Your No-Nonsense, Money-Saving Guide to Planning for the Inevitable

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• ISBN13: 9781884995613
• ISBN10: 1884995616
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2010-06-01
• Publisher: Quill Driver Books

Summary

With efficiency and a touch of humour, this valuable guidebook offers information on the difficult subject of planning for one's own death or organising funerals for loved ones. Topics ranging from cremation, burial, caskets, services, and organ donation are explored, and each section offers data, definitions, examples, pros and cons, and helpful worksheets for narrowing down the best options. Numerous sidebars that offer engaging and occasionally bizarre facts on the death industry are also included. Emphasising practicality and frugality, a bevy of money-saving steps are explored, citing that if smart choices are made beforehand then expensive choices made in grief can be avoided. Ideal for the time-constrained, this comprehensive resource presents fast facts in an easy-to-read format, while helpful links for each topic are compiled in an accompanying website. Readers will benefit from the peace of mind that follows the creation of a structured plan to reduce the financial burdens and emotional distress on loved ones left behind.

Author Biography

Karen Jones is a broadcast journalist, a freelance writer, the author of Kingdom of Hearts, and the coauthor of Up the Bestseller Lists. She wrote and hosted the long-form television series The Haunting of Virginia and collaborated with the BBC on the award-winning series Pocahontas. She teaches writing workshops and seminars at several universities as well as a weeklong writing camp in Ocracoke Island, North Carolina. She lives in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
A First Note: Why Think About Death?	p. ix
Knocking on Heaven's Door: What to Do with Your Body	p. 1
Break On Through to the Other Side: Slip-Siding into the Ground	p. 19
Into the Mystic: Going Out in Flames Can Be a Good Thing	p. 47
Thinking Inside the Box	p. 65
It's My Party	p. 89
I Heard It Through the Grapevine: So Who Wants or Needs to Know?	p. 113
The Long and Winding Road: The Paper Trail	p. 131
Here Comes the Sun: Attaining Closure from Grief	p. 147
The Death for Beginners Worksheets	p. 157
General Resources	p. 216
Bibliography	p. 220
Glossary	p. 224
Index	p. 232
About the Author	p. 244
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