- Paperback: 208 pages
- Publisher: Accent Press; 1 edition (18 April 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1906125015
- ISBN-13: 978-1906125011
- Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 20.8 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
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- #38 in Books > Health, Family & Lifestyle > Health Issues > Illnesses & Conditions > Stress
- #63 in Books > Health, Family & Lifestyle > Families & Parents > Reference
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From the moment you start reading this book you think, "why on earth didn t someone think of writing this years ago?" This splendid book will offer you all the options. --Claire Rayner OBE
It has all the information that you need. It is also rather inspiring. --The Daily Telegraph
It has all the information that you need. It is also rather inspiring. --The Daily Telegraph
Book Description
This enlightening, beautiful and practical book informs about the wide
choices available when arranging a funeral. It shows you how to make a
funeral ceremony that both commemorates and celebrates a life, and provides
comfort, inspiration, and good memories. Complete with real life stories,
practical ideas, many pictures and information not readily accessible to
the public, this unique book will provide invaluable reading for anyone
needing to arrange a funeral or wanting to leave this world on their own
terms. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
choices available when arranging a funeral. It shows you how to make a
funeral ceremony that both commemorates and celebrates a life, and provides
comfort, inspiration, and good memories. Complete with real life stories,
practical ideas, many pictures and information not readily accessible to
the public, this unique book will provide invaluable reading for anyone
needing to arrange a funeral or wanting to leave this world on their own
terms. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I want my parents' funerals to be special events - to match how special they have been and are to me. I want them to be our family's funerals - not somebody else's idea of what a funeral should be. I want to feel "at home" and connected to them - free to grieve and/or celebrate as I am moved.
This book has helped me see how that can happen - how our family can make it happen (I've already given a copy of this to my brother and am sending a copy to my parents).
When I first bought this book I imagined it would take me a while to read it, I'd have to be in the right space and perhaps even would struggle through parts.
But its layout, its beautifully selected pictures, its clear and concise content and, perhaps best of all, its real stories make it easy to dip into and I found myself reading most of it in one sitting!
Ironically its a book that many will only think about needing or getting after the event or when its too late to make a difference ...
... we have it out in the lounge and I'm showing all my friends it!
This book has helped me see how that can happen - how our family can make it happen (I've already given a copy of this to my brother and am sending a copy to my parents).
When I first bought this book I imagined it would take me a while to read it, I'd have to be in the right space and perhaps even would struggle through parts.
But its layout, its beautifully selected pictures, its clear and concise content and, perhaps best of all, its real stories make it easy to dip into and I found myself reading most of it in one sitting!
Ironically its a book that many will only think about needing or getting after the event or when its too late to make a difference ...
... we have it out in the lounge and I'm showing all my friends it!
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As someone with a 97 yr old mother, I know that I will have to deal with her passing sooner rather than later. I have wanted to find an appropriate way to honour and celebrate such a long life, but have been dreading even thinking about it. To people like me this book is a treasure of ideas for funerals. AND it's more than just a book on funerals - it's about feeling empowered and prepared to engage positively with loss and grief so that the necessary process of `letting go' can have purpose and meaning for those left behind.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a subject that most have to deal with, and yet which most avoid thinking about until they can avoid no longer. Consequently it is all too easy to hand over as many practicalities as possible and to find an off-the-peg, mass-produced solution. This book shows us that taking more control of the process, and honouring our loved ones in a more individual and thoughtful way, can be both empowering and healing.
Jane Morrell and Simon Smith have created an inspiring and beautiful book. It is a book that is both thought-provoking and gentle, both universal and personal. Above all it is a book that supports and encourages the bereaved to do what they really want to do, and not just what they feel that convention dictates they should do. It enables those who read it to create ceremonies and lasting memories that are totally appropriate and meaningful.
Jane Morrell and Simon Smith have created an inspiring and beautiful book. It is a book that is both thought-provoking and gentle, both universal and personal. Above all it is a book that supports and encourages the bereaved to do what they really want to do, and not just what they feel that convention dictates they should do. It enables those who read it to create ceremonies and lasting memories that are totally appropriate and meaningful.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Every family should have one!
If you know that a loved one has a limited time left with you, as I did with my mum, this book will provide you with comfort, inspiration, and the strength to enable you to face... Read more
Published 7 months ago by E. J. Andrews
Clever writing......
This is a most useful resource, and will be a gift for many to refer to.
Published on 1 Jun 2010 by J. P. O'hanlon
an excellent, beautifully balanced guide
I'm an experienced funeral celebrant, and I was humbled and challenged by this excellent book. It can be consulted with confidence by those who do and those who don't follow a... Read more
Published on 12 Feb 2010 by cerrig
We need to talk about the funeral
What a delightful book. It is beautifully presented and will be a sourse of pleasure for those who will need to read it when I am gone - if they have not done so before. Read more
Published on 21 April 2009 by E. H. Carnie
excellent book at a sensitive time
Obviously....buying this book is an emotional thing to do. I bought it shortly after my mums husband died....and mum herself is very ill in hospital with cancer. Read more
Published on 12 Aug 2008 by Mrs. C. J. Cubbon
A must for everyone
We Need to Talk About the Funeral: 101 Practical Ways to Commemorate and Celebrate Life: 2
I purchased this book as my mother-in-law was diagnosed with terminal cancer and I... Read more
I purchased this book as my mother-in-law was diagnosed with terminal cancer and I... Read more
Published on 8 Aug 2008 by Ms. N. J. Davies
Every home should have one
This is a beautiful book that makes a very difficult subject simple. It explains all the options available for creating a really memorable celebration of a life. Read more
Published on 22 Jun 2007 by Mrs
Useful both as a pre-planner & at the time of need.
For most people a good funeral is one that brings the bereaved together in a celebration and remembrance of the life of a loved one. Read more
Published on 31 Oct 2006 by Mike Jarvis
We need to talk about the funeral
If only I'd had this book before my mother died, instead of five days afterwards - it would have saved a tremendous amount of anguish, just at the time when there is enough of that... Read more
Published on 29 Oct 2006 by Ella Haworth
What a wonderful book
How is it possible that a book such as this hasn't been published before?! The authors succeed spectacularly well in writing a book about death and dieing in a way that is both... Read more
Published on 29 Oct 2006 by J. Marshall
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