PRECIS:
The second half of the book focuses on funerals in a home rather then an arranged place. There are many specific laws about having a funeral in a home. These laws talk about you having all of the necessary documentation of that persons death. If you do not have this information such as the death certificate and i'm assuming proof of your relationship to the person you are not allowed to let this happen. The reason is that a case like that could be mistaken for murder and or hiding a dead body in your home. The home funeral is also a lot less expensive since you aren't renting out a space to hold the funeral or purchasing all of the perks that the space offers for a funeral.
Quotes:
"The end is certainly sad, but my feeling was also that Mary was freed at last from the body that had been weighing her down and causing her pain for so long"(Page 118).
"Unload that sucker (coffin) and get out because you're not welcome"(Page 132)
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The middle part of the book for me was actually where it started to get interesting. More facts about funerals and their costs started to come into play and the stories that were told became very insightful and emotional to read. When you hear about someone dying who was originally not happy with who they were as a person it is sad in many different ways. It's sad in the way that they couldn't be comfortable with who they were and it's sad in the way that no one should ever be so disturbed with who they were that dying for them was some what reliving and others around them even knew that about them.
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