Is the Cemetery Dead?

"Examines our evolving mourning rituals, specifically in relationship to cemeteries . . . a levelheaded report on the death care industry." —Los Angeles Review of Books

In modern society, we have professionalized our care for the dying and deceased in hospitals and hospices, churches and funeral homes, cemeteries and mausoleums to aid dazed and disoriented mourners. But these formal institutions can be alienating and cold, leaving people craving a more humane mourning and burial process. Th...