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Curtains

by Tom Jokinen
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At forty-four Tom Jokinen began to seriously question the secular funeral rites that are taking over the industry: is this really the way we want to say our final goodbyes? The question had such a hard grip on his Finnish soul that he decided to quit his job in order to become an apprentice undertaker. Curtainsis about what he found, from the mundane to the macabre. Among the things he learned: in cremation, the heart and head are the last parts to burn; purple lipstick looks best on a dead man; funeral directors have been known to dance during the service—out of sight of funeral goers, of course, and with the utmost respect for the dead. For anyone who's secretly wondered why they paid $2000 for a 5-lb bag of dust—or questioned whether that dust was really the person they loved - Curtains lifts the veil on the funeral industry in the 21st century.

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Publisher: Queensland Narrating Service Edition: Unabriged

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  • File size: 262274 KB
  • Release date: August 29, 2014
  • Duration: 09:06:24

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  • File size: 262312 KB
  • Release date: August 29, 2014
  • Duration: 09:06:20
  • Number of parts: 9
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Nonfiction Humor (Nonfiction)

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English

At forty-four Tom Jokinen began to seriously question the secular funeral rites that are taking over the industry: is this really the way we want to say our final goodbyes? The question had such a hard grip on his Finnish soul that he decided to quit his job in order to become an apprentice undertaker. Curtainsis about what he found, from the mundane to the macabre. Among the things he learned: in cremation, the heart and head are the last parts to burn; purple lipstick looks best on a dead man; funeral directors have been known to dance during the service—out of sight of funeral goers, of course, and with the utmost respect for the dead. For anyone who's secretly wondered why they paid $2000 for a 5-lb bag of dust—or questioned whether that dust was really the person they loved - Curtains lifts the veil on the funeral industry in the 21st century.

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Nonfiction Humor (Nonfiction)