Examines the history of the rituals of death, and the different ways the dead are treated around the world.
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Kate Berridge is a brilliant young journalist who has written for all the UK broadsheets and most of the glossy magazines. She has made her own funeral video and keeps a skeleton by her desk. This is her first book.
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