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Decades after Jessica Mitford stunned America with vivid accounts of corruption and abuse in the death industry not much has improved Families are manipulated into buying expensive goods and services they dont need or want Prepaid funeral money vanishes into thin air Body parts are sold on the black market Eight states force families to pay a funeral director even if they conduct a home funeral with no need for help But a consumer movement is no awakening and Americans are asserting their rights over a key part of life just as they did in the past with the natural childbirth and hospice movements The two most prominent leaders of that movement are the authors of this book Joshua Slocum executive director of Funeral Consumers Alliance and Lisa Carlson executive director of Funeral Ethics Organization Here they join forces to expose wrongdoing inform consumers of their rights and propose legal reforms The book includes state-by-state summaries of laws regulations services and consumer concerns.



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Joshua Slocum

Joshua Slocum (February 20, 1844 – on or shortly after November 14, 1909) was the first man to sail single-handedly around the world. He was a Nova Scotian born, naturalised American seaman and adventurer, and a noted writer. In 1900 he wrote a book about his journey Sailing Alone Around the World, which became an international best-seller. He disappeared in November 1909 while aboard his boat, the Spray.



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