“I have tried to remember the first time
I saw a dead body. There have been many odd firsts in my life, like the first
time I touched a dead person. I was too short to reach into the casket, so my
father picked me up and I leaned in for that first empty, cold touch. It was
thrilling because it was an unthinkable act. But I recall no first viewing
because from the time I entered the world, there were always dead bodies.”
The Undertaker’s Daughter
Kate Mayfield went
directly from the hospital nursery to a funeral home. Her father was an
undertaker, and for thirteen years the family resided in a place synonymous
with death, a place where the living and the dead entered their house like a
vapour. There, he opens his doors to every casualty of the human condition: from
family feuds and freak accidents to murders, illnesses, and suicides. For Kate,
the business of death becomes as natural as life itself.
The Undertaker’s Daughter is a vivid and stranger-than-fiction true story that ultimately teaches us how living in a house of death can prepare us for life.
The Undertaker’s Daughter is now also available as a downloadable unabridged audio book, read by Kate.
You can order your copy from Audible
Listen to a free sample of Chapter One here
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