TITLE:
All the living and the dead : from embalmers to executioners, an exploration of the people who have made death their life's work / Hayley Campbell.
Publication Date:
2022
Publication Information:
New York : St. Martin's Press,
Physical Description:
268 p.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-258) and index.
Summary:
A deeply compelling exploration of the death industry and the people-morticians, detectives, crime scene cleaners, embalmers, executioners-who work in it and what led them there. We are surrounded by death. It is in our news, our nursery rhymes, our true-crime podcasts. Yet from a young age, we are told that death is something to be feared. How are we supposed to know what we're so afraid of, when we are never given the chance to look? Fueled by a childhood fascination with death, journalist Hayley Campbell searches for answers in the people who make a living by working with the dead.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781250281845
