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Shaun Usher
Feb 24, 2021
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When published in 1963, Jessica Mitford’s wittily scathing exposé of the funeral industry, The American Way of Death, instantly aggravated funeral directors far and wide due to its descriptions of inflated prices, its stories of morally dubious business practices, and its bestseller status. Mitford died of cancer 33 years later, her illness arriving jus…

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