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POEMS AND READINGS FOR FUNERALS
Julia Watson
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Description for POEMS AND READINGS FOR FUNERALS
Paperback. As more and more secular funerals are taking place, there is a need for appropriate texts. This collection offers 70 poems and prose extracts suitable for reading at funerals and celebrations of a life. It includes selections that range from Shakespeare to Chief Tecumseh of the Shawnee Nation, and from Christina Rossetti to St Francis of Assissi. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
Words of sadness and loss, comfort and consolation
Summoning the words to express our feelings of loss for a loved one in the days following a death can feel almost impossible. And often the choice of readings available can seem daunting.
Poems and Readings for Funerals is a carefully curated collection of the very wisest words about death by some of the world's greatest poets, thinkers, playwrights and novelists.
Featuring beautifully and thoughtfully written poems, prose extracts and prayers, these readings have been chosen to move and console, sympathize and relieve - to bring everyone attending a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141014968
SKU
V9780141014968
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99-99
About Julia Watson
Julia Watson was born in south Wales, and read English and Drama at Exeter University. She is married to the poet David Harsent, and they live with their daughter in Barnes, south-west London.
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