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The Good Funeral Guide Charles Cowling

The Good Funeral Guide By Charles Cowling

The Good Funeral Guide by Charles Cowling


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Summary

A guide to the funeral industry. It helps you arrange a funeral.

The Good Funeral Guide Summary

The Good Funeral Guide: Everything you need to know -- Everything you need to do by Charles Cowling

This book could change (the end of) your life. The Good Funeral Guide is the first ever independent consumer guide to the funeral industry. Charles Cowling is a funeral celebrant who works with families who do not want a conventional religious ceremony. He has an insider's understanding of the funeral industry and a mass of contacts. A funeral is almost always a crisis purchase. Consumers have no means even of differentiating between the 5,000 funeral directors practising in the UK. Readers of The Guide will have passworded access to constantly updated online listings. This will be the definitive guide to arranging a funeral. In a world where consumers expect to find guides to everything under the sun, this is one huge gap crying out to be plugged. This is a book that everyone will need, probably at least twice.

The Good Funeral Guide Reviews

The content is extremely comprehensive but is broken down into easily assimilated sections. There are also plenty of signposts to relevant websites. The guide is intended to be used alongside the Good Funeral Guide website www.goodfuneralguide.co.uk * Hospice Information Bulletin, 3rd July 2010 *
A good addition to a minister's collection of resources on funeral ministry, frank in its approach, and useful to lend to someone who wants to do some fresh thinking an planning ahead of time. * Church Times, 10th September, (UK) *
Unlikely as it may sound, it would be difficult to find a more practical, readable, informative and, unexpectedly, humorous book than The Good Funeral Guide. * Methodist Recorder *
A valuable resource, especially for those who may expect to find themselves responsible for arranging a funeral at some point in the future. * The Middle Way *
I took it on a long train journey with me and have read it cover to cover - please take this as some accolade, there's not many funeral books that would pass this test!... I know your book will be empowering. -- John Mallatrat of Peace Funerals
A wealth of detail, anecdote and advice. It takes us by the hand through one of the most difficult experiences there are. It's the last word on the subject. -- Simon Carr
Title mentioned in an article on University's Death Day Conference where the author is a keynote speaker. * Mid Hampshire Observer, 5th May 2010 *
Mention in 'New Titles Just Published' section in The Church Times, 4th June 2010
Charles Cowling (is) one of those wonderful and sadly all-too-rare writers who are able to be witty, serious, and funny all at the same time. -- Nick Gandon, Simplicity Cremations
There are not many books that you can say with assurance should be in every home without exception, this is definitely one! * The Good Bookstall, June 2010. *
The sub-title says it all: Everything you need to know, everything you need to do. Readers will have access to constantly updated online listings. * The Bookseller *
It is down to earth and realistically focused on cremation... I though the pros and cons of green burial, and on processing, particularly good... the book deserves to do well. -- Professor Tony Walter, Professor of Death Studies at the University of Bath
A wonderful addition to the resources folk are looking for to support them in times of loss of a family member of friend. Great! -- Rev Kate Atchley, Interfaith minister, Edinburgh

About Charles Cowling

Charles Cowling was for too many years a passionate English teacher, a job for which his mildly anarchic nature essentially disqualified him. He jumped ship in 2000 on the strength of having an article about exam results published in The Sunday Times.. He also trains funeral celebrants and reviews schools for the Good Schools Guide.

Table of Contents

The Guide is designed to inform speedily, efficiently, matter-of-factly and thoroughly. It enables its readers to; decide how the body of the dead person will be cared for and who will do it. make informed choices about products and services; get best value for money; read reviews of best funeral directors; create a meaningful and memorable funeral ceremony; create an end-of-life plan; acquire some background information about death and dying, and find out where to learn more.; Chapter breakdown -; What's in this guide? Take your time/Take charge/Take stock; Why do we have funerals? What is a green funeral?; Burial or cremation?; What happens when we die?; Caring for the body Why would you want to? What needs to be done?; Doing it all yourself/Embalming; Going to see someone who's died; Style your funeral The crematorium and other funeral venues/Celebrants/A life-centred funeral/Do it your way/Can a funeral be fun? Set your goals/Choose your ingredients/Create a sense of occasion/Who will be the host? Construct the ceremony/Tribute writing tips/Funeral food; Funeral directors What are they like and what do they know? Should funeral directors be regulated? What do they do? What do they cost? Telling them apart/Find out who's out there/Buy only what you want; 101 coffins and a shroud; Final rides - hearses; Marking the spot - memorials; What to do with the ashes?; What does dying feel like?; Planning your own death and funeral.

Additional information

GOR003910782
9781441157317
144115731X
The Good Funeral Guide: Everything you need to know -- Everything you need to do by Charles Cowling
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Continuum Publishing Corporation
20100722
216
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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