This book is packed with funny, heartfelt, and sometimes rather serious stories, but also contains a ton of fascinating information about the funeral industry. As almost all of her content, it’s also delightfully macabre in an incredibly endearing way. 

If learning about deathcare traditions in various cultures is more your stlye, I also thoroughly recommend her other book, From Here to Eternity, which, as the subtitle suggests, is all about traveling the world to find the good death.