Description
In Remember Me, Time writer Lisa Takeuchi Cullen has created a humorous and poignant chronicle of her travels around the country to discover how Americans are reinventing the rites of dying. What she learned is that people no longer want to take death lying down; instead, they're taking their demise into their own hands and planning the afterparty.
Cullen hears stories of modern-day funerals: lobster-shaped caskets and other unconventional containers for corpses; cremated remains turned into diamonds; and even mishaps like dove releases gone horribly wrong.
Eye-opening, funny, and unforgettable, Remember Me gives an account of the ways in which Americans are designing new occasions to mark death--by celebrating life.
Author: Lisa Takeuchi Cullen
Publisher: Harper Business
Published: 09/04/2007
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.42lbs
Size: 7.98h x 6.00w x 0.56d
ISBN13: 9780060766849
ISBN10: 0060766840
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Death & Dying
- Social Science | Popular Culture
- Social Science | Sociology | General