Great Australian Bush Funeral Stories

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Abc Books
Publisher Place: Sydney
Publisher Year: 2018
Edition: First Edition

Description: 269 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Marsh knows how to spin a yarn - Gold Coast Bulletin Were nearing the end of the service and so I step closer in to do the last ashes to ashes and dust to dust bit. Just as I get to the edge of the grave, the soil gives away and in I go. Well, they reckon I was like a kangaroo. I hardly missed a beat. I went down into the grave like that, hit the coffin and I bounded back out in one big leap. And Im now standing back up beside the grave, trying not to shake, while I continue with the service: Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Death doesnt mean the end of memorable stories from the bush. In fact, often its just the beginning. These tales from police officers, nurses, funeral directors, priests, gravediggers and those left behind, show that bush ingenuity comes to the fore when coping with corpses that wont cooperate or cant be found, bodies that dont stay buried, and weather and wildlife trying to sabotage the best-planned funerals. This memorable and eye-opening collection of real-life accounts of passing away and saying goodbye in the Australian bush is by turns, poignant, bizarre, heartbreaking and hilarious.

ISBN: 9780733338588