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Down Among the Dead Men: A Year in the Life of a Mortuary Technician by Michelle Williams
3.0
".. I suppose it's because you come to appreciate that death is the one thing certain in life and just hope that, when the time comes, you embrace it with dignity."
I'm very behind the times on picking this one up! I didn't realize it was published in 2010. I'd be very curious to read about Michelle's experience now (if she's still in the industry.)
The style of writing read like Michelle was my friend telling me about her new job and the weekly post-mortems, along with the ramblings of Clive in the office. This was a very informative and interesting look into the death industry. It's a little unsettling to realize that we will all go through this one day, one way or another, but can only hope that someone like Michelle, Clive, or Graham will be the ones to take care of us and our loved ones, with the respect we all deserve.
I rated this 3 stars because there was a lot of information about the author that I felt took me out of the story, and felt like filler.
I did entirely skip Chapter Seventeen as it was about an infant's death so please avoid that chapter if necessary for you.
I'm very behind the times on picking this one up! I didn't realize it was published in 2010. I'd be very curious to read about Michelle's experience now (if she's still in the industry.)
The style of writing read like Michelle was my friend telling me about her new job and the weekly post-mortems, along with the ramblings of Clive in the office. This was a very informative and interesting look into the death industry. It's a little unsettling to realize that we will all go through this one day, one way or another, but can only hope that someone like Michelle, Clive, or Graham will be the ones to take care of us and our loved ones, with the respect we all deserve.
I rated this 3 stars because there was a lot of information about the author that I felt took me out of the story, and felt like filler.
I did entirely skip Chapter Seventeen as it was about an infant's death so please avoid that chapter if necessary for you.