Being Dead Is No Excuse: The Official Southern Ladies Guide to Hosting the Perfect Funeral

"[A] lifelong Southerner . . . exposes the culinary and cultural last rites of the deep South . . . as sidesplitting as it is politically incorrect." —Publishers Weekly, starred review

A hilarious guide to the intricate rituals, customs, and etiquette surrounding death in the South-and a practical collection of recipes for the final send-off.

As author and southerner Gayden Metcalfe assert that people in the Delta have a strong sense of community, and being dead is no impediment to belongi...