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Caring for the Dead by Lisa Carlson, former Executive Director of the Funeral Consumers Alliance, Inc. Consumer's Digest said, "Lisa Carlson has assembled with comassion the most comprehensive book ever produced on this subject.  It's of interest to every living soul so that their final arrangements - and those of their loved ones - will be conducted with dignity and affordability.  Bravo, Lisa, for a book that has been needed for such a long time."
$15.00 plus $3 shipping (50% discount from publisher's price)
The American Way of Death Revisited by Jessica Midford. Here is the classic anatomy of America's practices, revised, expanded and brought up-to-date for a new generation.  It is a classic work of investigative journalism.  It is a brilliant piece of satirical writing.  It is an essential guide to dealing with the questionable (to put it politely) practices of an industry that - alas - sooner or later affects us all.
$15.00 plus $3 shipping (40% discount from publisher's price)
  (if ordering both of the above books, shipping will be $4 instead of $6)
I Died Laughing by Lisa Carlson, former Executive Director of the Funeral Consumers Alliance, Inc. This new book is a quick and lively read of jokes and cartoons-with chuckles and belly-whoppers both PLUS you will find a few pages of concise and useful information at the end of each chapter.  There is even a listing of FCA affiliates in the back of the book.
$7.75 plus $1.25 shipping (10% discount from publisher's price)

The “Gorey Packet”. This packet from the Funerals Consumer's Alliance includes the ‘fill in the blanks’ booklet Before I Go You Should Know My Funeral and Final Plans, by Edward Gorey, New York Designated Agent for Body Disposition form, New York Health Care Proxy form, a plastic pouch to store your documents and magnet for securing your pouch in a refrigerator or other fireproof container.
$7.00 plus $1 shipping


Pamphlets available to members at a cost of $1.00 for any three; $3.00 for any ten; $6.00 for all twenty six (these prices merely cover printing and shipping):
Beat the High Cost of Funerals: Benefits of Membership in a Funeral Consumer Group
Cemetery Rules, Prices & Charges
Common Funeral Myths
Cremation Explained
Death Away From Home
Death in One State, Burial in Another
Did You Forget the Most Important Part of Funeral Planning?
Earth Burial: a Tradition in Simplicity
Eco-Friendly Death and Funeral Choices
How to File a Funeral or Cemetery Complaint
How to Help Grieving People
How to Plan a Memorial Service
How to Read a Funeral Home's General Price List
Light, Like the Sun: an Essay on Cremation
No One Wants to Talk About Death: How to Help
Organ and Body Donation
Prepaying Your Funeral: Benefits and Dangers
Recycle Your Medical Devices
Simple and Cheap, My Father Said - by the Daughter of Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black
Starting a Funeral Consumers Alliance: You Can Do It!
Ten Tips for Saving Funeral Dollars
Twelve Reasons People Spend "Too Much" on a Funeral
Veterans' Funeral and Burial Benefits
Viewing and Visitation: the Difference
What Shall We Do With the Ashes?
What You Should Know About Embalming
 
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