The Good Funeral Guide Everything you need to know -- Everything you need to do

by Cowling, Charles

• ISBN13: 9781441157317
• ISBN10: 144115731X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-07-22
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

This book could change (the end of) your life.

Author Biography

Charles Cowling is a trained funeral celebrant, committed to empowering families to let their people go with peace, dignity and love. He also trains funeral celebrants and reviews schools for The Good Schools Guide.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
What's in this guide?	p. 1
Take your time	p. 4
Take charge	p. 6
Take stock	p. 12
Why do we have funerals?	p. 19
What is a green funeral?	p. 24
Burial or cremation?	p. 31
Cremation	p. 33
Burial	p. 39
Decision time - burial or cremation?	p. 42
What happens when we die?	p. 43
Caring for the body - why would you want to?	p. 45
Caring for the body - what needs to be done?	p. 48
Caring for the body - doing it all yourself	p. 52
Embalming	p. 57
Going to see someone who has died	p. 65
Decision time - caring for the body	p. 67
Style your funeral	p. 68
The crematorium and other funeral venues	p. 77
Who will lead the funeral ceremony?	p. 81
A life-centred funeral	p. 92
Do it your way	p. 94
Can a funeral be fun?	p. 96
Set your goals	p. 98
Choose your ingredients	p. 100
Create a sense of occasion	p. 109
Who will be the host?	p. 112
Decision time - celebrant and ceremony	p. 115
Construct the ceremony	p. 117
Tribute-writing tips	p. 121
Funeral food	p. 123
Funeral directors - what are they like and what do they know?	p. 124
Should funeral directors be regulated?	p. 134
Funeral directors - what do they do?	p. 136
Funeral directors - what do they cost?	p. 139
Funeral directors - telling them apart	p. 150
Funeral directors - find out who's out there	p. 155
Decision time - buy only what you want	p. 158
101 coffins and a shroud	p. 164
Final rides - hearses	p. 170
Marking the spot - memorials	p. 173
What to do with the ashes?	p. 179
What does dying feel like?	p. 181
Planning your own death and funeral	p. 183
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