The Undertaker's Wife by Dee Oliver

This memoir details the courtship, marriage and widowhood of the author, as well as her work in funeral homes during and after her husband’s passing. The last few chapters offer guidelines about preparing for your own and others’ funerals, in addition to hints on how to minister to those who are bereaved. This book is easy to read. It was marginally enlightening concerning preparation for one’s own passing, encouraging the reader to leave a detailed letter concerning important documents, financial affairs, websites, wills, and funeral wishes. If you want helpful hints about writing an obituary, you can find them here. (These are also topics you could Google and find information at least as helpful; there’s nothing particularly insightful in these chapters.) In my opinion, this is your average book. Nothing about it is outstanding, from the author’s story to her helpful hints. If you are interested in a light look at what it was like to be courted by and then married to someone employed at a funeral home, then this is the book for you. It details the widow’s education in mortuary science and her employment at a funeral home as an intern with a few short chapters with the helpful hints at the end. I received this book for free in exchange for my unbiased review through the Thomas Nelson BookSneeze Program.