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Saying Goodbye Your Way... offers readers a sensitive yet realistic guide to planning a powerful memorial that will honor a loved one and create an opportunity for emotional healing and comfort. As a guide for the individual in advance or the family in time of need, the book addresses practical matters and unexpected emotions that often accompany the distress of death.

John Llewellyn has taken a lifetime of experience and crafted it into a beautiful, comprehensive roadmap designed to guide us through creating and planning funerals for ourselves and our loved ones.

An aid for individuals planning their own services and families in the midst of final preparations, this book explores religious, cultural, and social traditions and demonstrates how they can be blended with an individual’s character and personality to transform services into life celebrations. The author combines useful advice and counsel with personal experience bringing a unique perspective to an often difficult topic.

An extremely useful, informative book that illuminates many details surrounding disposition of the dead in the twenty-first century. It covers a wide range of funeral-related topics, including cremation, embalming, prearranging, and mourning, that can help the reader reflect on her or his own views about how best to say goodbye.

An informative insider’s guide to the often bewildering options in leave-taking in today’s culture of customization.