Curtains: adventures of an undertaker-in-training
(Book)
Tom Jokinen began to seriously question the secular funeral rites that are taking over the industry. The question had such a hard grip on his Finnish soul that he decided to become an apprentice undertaker. This book is about what he found, from the mundane to the macabre. For anyone who's secretly wondered why they paid $2000 for a 5-lb bag of dust--or questioned whether that dust was really the person they loved--Curtains lifts the veil on the funeral industry in the 21st century.--From publisher description.
Notes
Jokinen, T. (2010). Curtains: adventures of an undertaker-in-training. 1st Da Capo Press ed. Philadelphia, PA, Da Capo Pr.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Jokinen, Tom. 2010. Curtains: Adventures of an Undertaker-in-training. Philadelphia, PA, Da Capo Pr.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Jokinen, Tom, Curtains: Adventures of an Undertaker-in-training. Philadelphia, PA, Da Capo Pr, 2010.
MLA Citation (style guide)Jokinen, Tom. Curtains: Adventures of an Undertaker-in-training. 1st Da Capo Press ed. Philadelphia, PA, Da Capo Pr, 2010.
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