I wish I knew where to start, but I’ll just jump in.
Thanks to Kenneth McKenzie and Todd Harra,
authors of Mortuary Confidential: Undertakers Spill
the Dirt; to Amber Lenore Winckler, author of The
Final Bath; and Tom Jokinen, author of Curtains.
These books got me started flying down the road.
The wild, strange divergences I took are entirely on
me. If you’re curious about the funeral industry,
those books are a great place to start.
Also, I want to acknowledge and thank the
unsung heroes: those true believers who work in the
funeral business. It’s important work, and these are
the last people we will ever meet. They don’t get
thanked, and they should.