What's More Fun Than a Funeral?
A Sequel to Was the Funeral Fun?
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About Was the Funeral Fun?
“Was the funeral fun?”
He asks the same question about every funeral, and he always phrases the question just that way. He claims there is no appropriate way to inquire about a funeral, so it’s easier just to be inappropriate.
He’s right about that one. What are you supposed to say when, on your return from the funeral of a loved one, someone asks, “How was the funeral?”
Don’t you just want to scream “It was really, really sad, you moron! Someone died. How do you think it was?”
Conversation between Lu Gibbs and her boyfriend.
Yes, funerals are almost always sad. But they bring out the best (and sometimes the worst) in the people they leave behind. People cry a lot at visitations and funerals, but they also laugh a lot. And, of course, they eat a lot.
Hilltop, a small southern town, is fortunate to have a funeral director who has buried several generations of its families. Now Ernest Gibbs has the help of his vivacious 30-year-old granddaughter, Lu.
As she directs funerals, Lu learns a lot about dealing with death; but she learns more about life. She also learns that few people know more about everybody’s business than a small town funeral director.
Lu thinks she has mastered the art of dealing with death—until it hits too close to home. Then everything she thought she knew flies right out the window.
Was the Funeral Fun? is a funny, poignant look at life and death in small town South. For everyone who has ever lost anyone, this book has something to say.
Comments from readers of Was the Funeral Fun?:
“I devoured it in two sittings. And, I must say, I was sorry when it ended. I loved Lu, her voice is clear and full of compassion, insight and humor. A powerful combination! Her perspective on life in Hilltop, including her own, is woven so seamlessly into the life of the town that she becomes a kind of camera with comments.” Norma Jean Wood,
“The book provided insight and humor on a difficult subject.” Donna Vaughn, RN
“I have found Was the Funeral Fun? thoroughly delightful. The biggest compliment I can give it is ‘I know these people.’” Michael Story,
“I read it on my vacation and laughed and cried all the way through it.” Jane Tiefel
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About the Book
What's More Fun than a Funeral is the long-awaited sequel to Was the Funeral Fun?
Since her grandfather’s death, Lu Gibbs has become the go-to person when someone dies in Hilltop,
And if Aunt Lettie and her wedding plans don't push Lu over the edge, getting some new information about her long lost mother just might.
Since she was eight years old, Lu has lived with the fact that her mother left Lu and her dad for another man. In all those years, all she has heard about the episode is rumors. With her grandfather’s death, she feels abandoned again, this time by the one who has been the most significant person in her life since her mother left. Or he was, until she renewed her acquaintance with a childhood friend who is now a good-looking pharmacist with a kind heart and the patience of Job. Lu knows she loves Jim Pat, and she is pretty sure he loves her; but she is not sure she can run the risk of loving someone and being abandoned again.
Karen Raymond, Lu’s best friend and Hilltop's only female clergy-person, is also involved in her share of funerals. Karen is privy to more secrets than she cares to be, and some of those secrets have her asking questions about her own life—including the stability of the marriage she has thought was just about perfect.
In a place like Hilltop, Lady Undertaker and Chick Preacher are floating in uncharted waters. They are committed to helping other people deal with loss and change, and they do that well. But can they cope with the big changes they face in their own lives?
About the Author
This is the second book coauthored by Anne and Nancy Russ, mother-daughter team.
Anne worked as a writer and magazine editor before becoming a Presbyterian minister and pastoring a church in