The Good Funeral Guide by Charles Cowling

The Good Funeral Guide by Charles Cowling

This book could change (the end of) your life. "The Good Funeral Guide" is the first ever independent consumer guide to the funeral industry. Charles Cowling is a funeral celebrant who works with families who do not want a conventional religious ceremony. He has an insider's understanding of the funeral industry and a mass of contacts. A funeral is almost always a crisis purchase. Consumers have no means even of differentiating between the 5,000 funeral directors practising in the UK. Readers of "The Guide" will have passworded access to constantly updated online listings. This will be the definitive guide to arranging a funeral. In a world where consumers expect to find guides to everything under the sun, this is one huge gap crying out to be plugged. This is a book that everyone will need, probably at least twice.

The content is extremely comprehensive but is broken down into easily assimilated sectionsThere are also plenty of signposts to relevant websites. The guide is intended to be used alongside the Good Funeral Guide website www.goodfuneralguide.co.uk * Hospice Information Bulletin, 3rd July 2010 *
A good addition to a minister's collection of resources on funeral ministry, frank in its approach, and useful to lend to someone who wants to do some fresh thinking an planning ahead of time. * Church Times, 10th September, (UK) *
Unlikely as it may sound, it would be difficult to find a more practical, readable, informative and, unexpectedly, humorous book than The Good Funeral Guide. * Methodist Recorder *
A valuable resource, especially for those who may expect to find themselves responsible for arranging a funeral at some point in the future. * The Middle Way *
I took it on a long train journey with me and have read it cover to cover - please take this as some accolade, there's not many funeral books that would pass this test!... I know your book will be empowering. -- John Mallatrat of Peace Funerals
A wealth of detail, anecdote and advice. It takes us by the hand through one of the most difficult experiences there are. It's the last word on the subject. -- Simon Carr
Title mentioned in an article on University's Death Day Conference where the author is a keynote speaker. * Mid Hampshire Observer, 5th May 2010 *
Mention in 'New Titles Just Published' section in The Church Times, 4th June 2010
Charles Cowling (is) one of those wonderful and sadly all-too-rare writers who are able to be witty, serious, and funny all at the same time. -- Nick Gandon, Simplicity Cremations
There are not many books that you can say with assurance should be in every home without exception, this is definitely one! * The Good Bookstall, June 2010. *
The sub-title says it all: "Everything you need to know, everything you need to do." Readers will have access to constantly updated online listings. * The Bookseller *
It is down to earth and realistically focused on cremation... I though the pros and cons of green burial, and on processing, particularly good... the book deserves to do well. -- Professor Tony Walter, Professor of Death Studies at the University of Bath
A wonderful addition to the resources folk are looking for to support them in times of loss of a family member of friend. Great! -- Rev Kate Atchley, Interfaith minister, Edinburgh

Charles Cowling was for too many years a passionate English teacher, a job for which his mildly anarchic nature essentially disqualified him. He jumped ship in 2000 on the strength of having an article about exam results published in The Sunday Times.. He also trains funeral celebrants and reviews schools for the Good Schools Guide.

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ISBN 13	9781441157317
ISBN 10	144115731X
Title	The Good Funeral Guide
Author	Charles Cowling
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Continuum Publishing Corporation
Year published	2010-07-22
Number of pages	216
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