Full Description
This book could change (the end of) your life. "The Good Funeral Guide" is the first ever independent consumer guide to the funeral industry. Charles Cowling is a funeral celebrant who works with families who do not want a conventional religious ceremony. He has an insider's understanding of the funeral industry and a mass of contacts. A funeral is almost always a crisis purchase. Consumers have no means even of differentiating between the 5,000 funeral directors practising in the UK. Readers of "The Guide" will have passworded access to constantly updated online listings. This will be the definitive guide to arranging a funeral. In a world where consumers expect to find guides to everything under the sun, this is one huge gap crying out to be plugged. This is a book that everyone will need, probably at least twice.
Contents
The Guide is designed to inform speedily, efficiently, matter-of-factly and thoroughly. It enables its readers to; decide how the body of the dead person will be cared for and who will do it. make informed choices about products and services; get best value for money; read reviews of best funeral directors; create a meaningful and memorable funeral ceremony; create an end-of-life plan; acquire some background information about death and dying, and find out where to learn more.; Chapter breakdown -; What's in this guide? Take your time/Take charge/Take stock; Why do we have funerals? What is a green funeral?; Burial or cremation?; What happens when we die?; Caring for the body Why would you want to? What needs to be done?; Doing it all yourself/Embalming; Going to see someone who's died; Style your funeral The crematorium and other funeral venues/Celebrants/A life-centred funeral/Do it your way/Can a funeral be fun? Set your goals/Choose your ingredients/Create a sense of occasion/Who will be the host? Construct the ceremony/Tribute writing tips/Funeral food; Funeral directors What are they like and what do they know? Should funeral directors be regulated? What do they do? What do they cost? Telling them apart/Find out who's out there/Buy only what you want; 101 coffins and a shroud; Final rides - hearses; Marking the spot - memorials; What to do with the ashes?; What does dying feel like?; Planning your own death and funeral.
