in Wales, you say
Introducing an end-of-life planning leitmotif to my otherwise vacation-obsessed schedule, I read The American Way of Death: Revisited and watched Undertaking Betty (aka "Plots with a View", apparently). In short, watch the movie, skip the book. Not that they're related. They aren't.
The movie is so cute! And set in Wales! With Christopher Walken being really inappropriate! Plus Miriam Margolyes cameo!
The book ... meh. It was initially a 1960s expose on the funeral industry, reworked somewhat in 1995. Parts of it make an interesting read, although I can't say I found it as hilarious or surprising as many reviewers seemed to. Maybe they had just never thought about the embalming process before?
The movie is so cute! And set in Wales! With Christopher Walken being really inappropriate! Plus Miriam Margolyes cameo!
The book ... meh. It was initially a 1960s expose on the funeral industry, reworked somewhat in 1995. Parts of it make an interesting read, although I can't say I found it as hilarious or surprising as many reviewers seemed to. Maybe they had just never thought about the embalming process before?