Description
Working in the deathcare industry requires a level of compassion and understanding that isn’t for the faint hearted. Sixth-generation funeral director and award-winning author Caleb Wilde reflects, by combining humor and insight, on morality and the powerful lessons death holds in his memoir, Confessions of a Funeral Director.
We are people who deeply fear death. While humans are biologically wired to evade death for as long as possible, we have become too adept at hiding from it, vilifying it—and when it can no longer be avoided—letting the professionals take over.
Caleb understands this reticence and fear. He had planned to get as far away from the family business as possible. He wanted to make a difference in the world, and how could he do that if all the people he worked with here dead? Slowly, he discovered that caring for the deceased and their loved ones was making a difference—and at the same time saving his own.
Confessions of a Funeral Director will:
· Share how you can be a better human through grief
· Show you how brokenness can be the start to a new beginning
· Help you discover the ‘spirituality of death’
Told with equal parts humor and poignancy, Caleb offers an intimate look into the business and a new perspective on living and dying. Caleb reminds us, “Death isn’t just the dirty and the messy. We see death as a loss, and it is. But in death, we often find our most honest self, a stronger community, and some find that they are able to overcome the fear of death and live life to the fullest.”
Caleb and his writing have been featured on national media outlets including ABC’s 20/20, NBC, HuffPost, The Atlantic, NPR, and TIME.
ASIN: 0062465244
VSKU: BVV.0062465244.A
Condition: Acceptable
Author/Artist:Wilde, Caleb
Binding: Hardcover
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Condition Notes: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.
ASIN: 0062465244
VSKU: BVV.0062465244.A
Condition: Acceptable
Author/Artist:Wilde, Caleb
Binding: Hardcover
Note: Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.
Condition Notes: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.