3 stars
The author's father was an undertaker in a small Kentucky town so she grew up living in the funeral home surrounded by death. I actually really enjoyed learning more about her experiences in a funeral home and some inside information regarding the processes surrounding death. That is the area in which the author excels, but the memoir parts of the book are not as well written. She jumps from serious issue to serious issue (including inter-racial dating in a small town southern town in the seventies, her sister's serious mental illness, and a teacher's sexual predation) with a bit of callousness that doesn't read well. Overall, this was an interesting but uneven memoir. I received a digital ARC of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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