Remember Me - by Lisa Takeuchi Cullen (Paperback)

About the Book

In a colorful, conversational, irreverent, and even hilarious narrative, journalist Cullen travels America chronicling the reinvention of the rites and business of the American funeral.

From the Back Cover

In Remember Me, Time writer Lisa Takeuchi Cullen has created a humorous and poignant chronicle of her travels around the country to discover how Americans are reinventing the rites of dying. What she learned is that people no longer want to take death lying down; instead, they're taking their demise into their own hands and planning the afterparty.

Cullen hears stories of modern-day funerals: lobster-shaped caskets and other unconventional containers for corpses; cremated remains turned into diamonds; and even mishaps like dove releases gone horribly wrong.

Eye-opening, funny, and unforgettable, Remember Me gives an account of the ways in which Americans are designing new occasions to mark death--by celebrating life.

Review Quotes

"A must read for anyone who plans on dying. Like a good undertaker, this book is gently funny and surprisingly comforting." - Mary Roach, author of Stiff and Spook
"Subtly funny, impeccably researched, and utterly fascinating . . . the liveliest book about death ever written." - Cathi Hanauer, author of Sweet Ruin and My Sister's Bones and editor of The Bitch in the House.
"A must read for anyone who plans on dying." - Mary Roach, author of STIFF