{"product_id":"curtains-adventures-of-an-undertaker-in-training-paperback","title":"Curtains: Adventures of an Undertaker-In-Training - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTom Jokinen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt forty-four, Tom Jokinen decided to quit his job in order to become an apprentice undertaker, setting out to ask the questions: What is the right thing to do when someone dies? With the marketplace offering new options (go green, go anti-corporate, go Disney, be packed into an artificial reef and dropped in the Atlantic...), is there still room for tradition? In a year of adventures both hair-raising and hilarious, Jokinen finds a world that is radically changed since Jessica Mitford revised \u003ci\u003eThe American Way of Death\u003c\/i\u003e, more surprising than \u003ci\u003eSix Feet Under\u003c\/i\u003e, and even funnier and more illuminating than \u003ci\u003eStiff\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf Bill Bryson were to apprentice at a funeral home, searching for the meaning of life and death, you'd have \u003ci\u003eCurtains\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Jokinen\u003c\/b\u003e is a radio producer and video-journalist who has also worked as a railroad operator and an editorial cartoonist. Jokinen spent two years in medical school, where he dissected two human cadavers. He and his wife live in Ottawa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 8.94 x 6.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 23, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47953186816248,"sku":"9780306818912","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/cUN6bVdXekxsbXJzMXFpMjdnSjh2UT09.webp?v=1770191485","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/curtains-adventures-of-an-undertaker-in-training-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}