{"product_id":"two-floors-above-grief-a-memoir-of-two-families-in-the-unique-place-we-called-home-9798987021309","title":"Two Floors Above Grief: A Memoir of Two Families in the Unique Place We Called Home","description":"\u003cb\u003eAs a child in the 1950s, Kevin O'Connor knew his house was different than his friends.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA stately, three-story, nineteenth century Victorian. His bed tucked next to a stage in a former ballroom. His uncle and aunt lived with their three daughters on the floor below. A large electric organ in a bay window of the first-floor mortuary business. Stacked caskets and an embalming room in the basement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNobody had a house like his. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet from the 1920s to '80s, \u003ci\u003eTwo Floors Above Grief \u003c\/i\u003eis full of fascinating details and anecdotes about life as a funeral home child, brought to vivid life through a compelling collection of letters written by O'Connor and various family members who lived and worked together at the O'Connor Funeral Home in Elgin, Illinois. Blending the twenty-four-hour business of death and its constantly ringing phone with the joy experienced by his families through music, pets, backyard basketball games, co-parenting, faith, and celebrations, O'Connor offers a reflective love letter to the affirmation of family love and embracing life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11920915\"\u003eKevin M. O'Connor\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e 18th Floor Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/19\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798987021309\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8987021300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003ePersonal Memoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"18th Floor Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44486018040045,"sku":"9798987021309","price":22.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_5aa002ad-2caa-4d57-9b7d-0062e6109e80.jpg?v=1700811437","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/two-floors-above-grief-a-memoir-of-two-families-in-the-unique-place-we-called-home-9798987021309","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}