Funeral Makers

Funeral Makers"A crazy, rollicking whoop of a book, written with a poet's sensibility and deeply wacky down home wisdom." Lee Smith, author of The Last GirlsA century after the impulsive McKinnon brothers set out to tame the Canadian wilderness and instead landed in Mattagash, Maine, their madcap legacy reigns supreme. It's 1959, and Pearl and Sicily McKinnon have gathered to plan a funeral for Marge, their older sister dying from the rare disease beriberi, thanks

His language

gives due prominence to her dazzlingly inventive essays

along with fellow would-be world conqueror Doctor Sun

The previous spring

but he also solicited wisdom from doctors

your employees

and offering his time to help the less fortunate

suddenly stops whispering in her ear she finds herself cut off from the grid and loses communication with the rest of the world

he's unwittingly cast as the school rebel

and a sure path to put Jesus first every day

Dusting off an old book on winemaking she decides to concoct a new harvest tipple

Plant lists and plans provide practical support for those interested in adapting the ideas or re-creating their own gardens