This is an excellent, but somewhat dated (1963) book on the American funeral industry's push for profits over care. If anything, it's probably worse now.

Mailing this book in trade to lucy-lemon.

Mailed today to lucy-lemon.

I was so excited to get this! I've wanted to read it for ages and ages, so thank you so much for swapping with me :-D

Thank you so much lucy-lemon! What a nice surprise to come home to!

A mildly interesting if wildly outdated look at the shady dealings in the American funeral industry. If written in more modern times, I could see Mitford as another Mary Roach, but being 55 years old, I guess wit and why humour were a different beast when this was written. Glad I read it, nonetheless. Thanks for sharing it with me!