Does This Mean You’ll See Me Naked? ($13) is a brave book in that it concentrates on an iffy subject. Funeral homes are the last place you would probably think of to base a book around, yet this makes for a fascinating read. Written by a funeral director, he has over the years witnessed families going wild at viewing, the weird things that have been stolen, the practical difficulties that exist in preparing bodies for viewings and, of course, the business end that is the burial. Written in an engaging style with all the names changed, obviously, this is way more interesting that it sounds at the outset. Give it a shot.
This is the autobiography that every true American has been longing for: a shockingly raw and candid confessional from one of our national treasures. From his humblest of beginnings in a desolate mining town in Iowa, through his years at Our Lady Queen of Chewbacca High School to the odds-defying ascent to the dizzying heights […]