BOOKS TO DIE FOR…
A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don’t Plan to Die
Get the information, inspiration and tools to plan and implement creative, meaningful and memorable end-of-life rituals for people and pets. Available November 30, 2010. READ MORE
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ALSO BY GAIL RUBIN:
A Girl’s Pocket Guide to Trouser Trout: 
Reflections on Dating and Fly-Fishing
Ladies, are you angling for trout but hooking only Other Fish in the Sea? We’re not talking about seafood. If men were fish and women the anglers, A Girl’s Pocket Guide to Trouser Trout is your how-to guide to land a good catch, illuminating the murky waters of the dating pool with insights inspired by fly-fishing techniques and advice.
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The Perfect Stranger’s Guide to Funerals and Grieving Practices: A Guide to Etiquette in Other People’s Religious Ceremonies
The full title pretty much says it all: Jane Brody’s Guide to the Great Beyond: A Practical Primer to Help You and Your Loved Ones Prepare Medically, Legally, and Emotionally for the End of Life. This book is a wonderful resource that covers many planning areas in a warm, thoughtful tone. Throughout, Brody provides great insights on advance directives, funeral planning, care giving, hospice and palliative care, spiritual care, organ and body donations, and so much more. (hardback and Kindle)
The Party of Your Life: Get the Funeral You Want by Planning It Yourself by Erika Dillman is a relentlessly upbeat guide to making your send-off a memorable celebration. The book provides guidance on details for the funeral of the future: a major party! She encourages individuals to write down all the desired elements, from themes and settings to music and readings. With snappy chapter titles and helpful how-to tips, Dillman encourages establishing a funeral box, an official funeral website, and a posse to carry out your funeral plans. (paperback)
GRAVE reflections by funeral directors Gloria and Louis Salazar provides well-grounded information about funeral planning, burial versus cremation, legal issues surrounding death, prearrangement and insurance, and more. In a nice finishing touch, both authors wrote their own obituaries and funeral plans. (Kindle, paperback through www.GraveReflections.com)
