The Undertaker's Daughter - Kate Mayfield Fans of Six Feet Under will undoubtedly enjoy this memoir of a childhood spent living in a funeral home. I was hoping for a little more nitty-gritty, along the same lines as Stiff by Mary Roach orWorking Stiff by Judy Melinek, but overall this was an inte...
The Undertaker's Daughter is the story of a young girl growing up in a funeral home. Growing up, Kate is set apart from others in her small town first by living in a funeral home, and second, because she is curiously colorblind in a southern town still afraid of desegregation. Everything is told mat...
This story was so about so many things. Growing up in the south, growing up in a funeral home, growing up during the 60's and 70's, growing up with an undiagnosed bi polar sister, living with a dad who suffered PTSD, and the list goes on. The writing was good and the stories were good. I truly enjoy...
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