The Whole Death Catalog: A Lively Guide to the Bitter End
Written by Harold Schechter
Narrated by Patrick Lawlor
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About this audiobook
- Death anxiety-is your fear of death normal or off the scale?
- You can't take it with you . . . or can you? Wacky wills and bizarre bequests
- The hospice experience-going out in comfort and style
- Deathbed and funeral etiquette-how to help the dying and mourn the dead with dignity
- Death on demand-why the right-to-die movement may be the next big thing
- "Good-bye everybody"-famous last words
Harold Schechter
Harold Schechter is a professor of American literature and culture. Renowned for his true-crime writing, he is the author of the nonfiction books Fatal, Fiend, Bestial, Deviant, Deranged, Depraved, and, with David Everitt, The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers. He is also the author of Nevermore and The Hum Bug, the acclaimed historical novels featuring Edgar Allan Poe. He lives in New York State.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Funny, yet extraordinarily educational. You will learn more than you can imagine from this book and have some laughs along the way. I loved it.
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Chapter 1 (clears throat) Whose death "myth" is dumber? Guess who...? ? ✝️
To quote the author, quoting John Lennon "whatever gets You through the night" ? - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Very informative yet enterntaining. Loved that the narrator manages to engage a connection with the listener. Recommended.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5If you've not read very much about death before, then this is certainly a good place to start. If you're into death, then much of this book will not be surprising. Much as the title promises, this book covers the full range of things related to death. From means of disposing of the body to decomposition of it to funeral paraphernalia, this is a wide ranging look at the ways people die and memorialize. Schechter provides history of the funeral practices he discusses, as well as bizarre variations on common practices. Schechter certainly has a taste for the odd, and he has an excellent sense of humor. He laments the fact that death is now sanitized and secret; it has been taken out of people's lives, and people try to pretend it doesn't exist. This seems to be a common sentiment among those who are into death. In any case, this is a good introduction if you want a humorous look at death culture.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Everyone will eventually be faced with this topic either by accident or otherwise. This book takes a kind of whimsical approach in looking at endless topics related to this eventual demise.