Bilingual Pack - Autographed

BY: Angjolie Mei 洪鈺琇

PUBLISHER: EPIGRAM BOOKS

美女殡葬礼仪师、“棺材王”洪友成之女洪钰绣出版中文自传《爱的告别》，与读者们分享其中的困难与经历。最难忘一名患脑瘤六岁女童的丧礼，女童选择“欢乐的送别”，父母为她净身，不放棺木陪伴最后一程。心篇章现有的独特服务’留心语‘能让家人参与先者的最后一程，已让不少家庭能有一个缅怀，哀悯和浴疗的机会。

Funeral director and life celebrant Angjolie Mei, one of the very few women in the male-dominated industry, shares her stories and experiences in dealing with the dead—or rather, as she would put it, "People who have completed their life journeys." Be prepared to see funerals and death in a very different light. In this second edition, two new chapters have been added: one relating to the COVID-19 global pandemic and how it has affected funerals—and the industry as a whole; and another on Showers of Love, a sanctuary where family members can join in the process of preparing their loved ones for their final journeys. Find out about the inspiration behind this concept, and how it has provided families and visitors to grieve, and heal.

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Why would someone leave a shining career in management to work among the dead?

Angjolie Mei, funeral director and "life celebrant", recounts how the death of her father—a veteran known as ‘The Coffin King’ in the funeral industry—prompted this dramatic choice.      

What exactly happens during embalming? What kind of post-death restoration is needed for second-degree burn victims? What are the little-known facts surrounding suicide in Singapore?

Angjolie offers the insider’s view on these and other aspects of an industry usually shrouded in mystery, and reflects on how her perceptions of death, and life, have changed since she chose this extraordinary profession.

ISBN: 9789814901499 (Paperback), 9789814901499 (Autographed)

Cover Type: Paperback

Page Count: 245

Year Published: 2020

Size: 198mm x 129mm