What Happens When You Die: From Your Last Breath to the First Spadeful

by Robert T. Hatch

This intriguing glimpse into the once mysterious aspects of death tells what happens-- step-by-step-- during the embalming and cremation processes. Here you will find information once known only to funeral directors, What happens to the body when attacked by organisms it once easily fought off The varied religious beliefs surrounding funerals and wakes The evolution of From the ancient Egyptian religious rite to embalming as we know it today, which began during the Civil War, When bodies were shipped home for burial Alternatives to embalming, including mummification... and much more "What Happens When You Die" explains simply and in startling detail-- with no touch of the macabre-- what happens when we enter a realm where two divergent forces control our destiny; the undertaker and the soul.

Genres: Death, Nonfiction

108 pages, Paperback

First published August 18, 1995

Reviews

[Kyle Wendy Skultety (gimmethatbook.com) · Rating 1 out of 5]

At only 108 pages, this was read in less than an hour. Only mildly interesting, unfortunately. I was annoyed by 1. the pithy and not-so-good rhymes and poems at the beginning of each chapter and 2. the entire chapter about God and Heaven and all that. Totally not needed.

I did learn some interesting things, but this book seemed glib and slick to me, not entirely scientific. There were also some egregious spelling/grammar errors (one does not "pour" over photos, they "pore" over them!!!). Oh, and the last complaint? The typeface was ANNOYING. Very hard to read.

I will wait for my embalming textbook to arrive, as I'm sure it will be more rewarding.

[Koen · Rating 1 out of 5]

At some point some trees died. What happened to them was they were processed into paper and then turned into a book that had no discernible reason to be written let alone be read. Hint: it's this one.

[Ness · Rating 1 out of 5]

Poorly written and edited, it was very dry (despite numerous attempts at humour).