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What We Do When Someone Dies (Ceremonies and Celebrations Series)

by Caroline Arnold

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Explains different customs of dealing with death and remembering the dead, such as funerals, burials, cremation, mourning, wills, and memorials.
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A book which answers questions adults do not usually think need answering, but those which children sometimes need to know. Chapters include: All Living Things Die; What Happens to the Body; Death Announcements; The Funeral Ceremony; After the Funeral; Remembering the Dead; Beliefs About Death. Information found in the text includes: death certificates; autopsy; embalming; epitaphs; life insurance policies; the eulogy; memorials (for example, the Taj Mahal). Beliefs About Death includes Christian and Hindu. It finishes with [e]ven though people we know do die, they continue to stay alive in our memories of them.
  madhamster | Oct 17, 2008 |
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