Sweet Sorrow

A Beginner's Guide To Death

Mark Wakely

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MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRES
01 May 2008

Society & Social Sciences; Sociology: death & dying

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This is the one book that you will want to take to the grave.

This remarkable book-at times heart-breaking, at times humorous-is dazzling for its profound honesty.

Like most of us, Mark Wakely had always put death in the too-hard basket. Around death he was painfully awkward, strangely self-conscious- death-shy. He was curiously distanced from his own parents' deaths. Thirty years later, he went on a journey to confront one of the most intensely personal yet universal experiences- our own mortality.

With Mark as our guide, we are introduced to morticians and embalmers, rabbis and doctors, coffin makers and gravediggers. He reveals the fashions and the fads, the rituals and the deep emotion in a heartfelt and whimsical investigation into this timeless subject.

All you need to pack for the trip is a curiosity about life.

By: Mark Wakely
Imprint: MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRES
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 296g
ISBN: 9780522855135
ISBN 10: 052285513X
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 01 May 2008
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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Sweet Sorrow

A Beginner's Guide To Death

Mark Wakely

$32.99

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