Adult Books

I don't read too many adult books.  I am not in an adult nonfiction book group though and slogging through The Medici:  Money, Power and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance.  I really needed a break!  And so I chose Good Mourning. A memoir about the funeral industry!  Elizabeth Meyer is a socialite! Wouldn't it be fun to be a socialite!  And she is a super-likable one, in my opinion.  My mom is a strong believer in the idea that money can do anything.  Yes she knows that it can't prolong life, but it can make life much better.  Meyer says that the uber-wealthy still grieve.  And that is very true.  But I guess my mom would say it is better to grieve while not worrying about where you are going to sleep that night or where your next meal is coming from, than to grieve as a homeless person.  I think that is probably true.  Still, the wealthy do grieve.  And no one is free of the pain that comes from losing someone they love.  That is true, too.  I do recommend this book and wish we had picked it instead of the Medici!   Meyer worked at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home on Madison Ave. in NYC.  All of the rich and famous have their funerals at Campbell.  Judy did.  So did Joan.  I probably won't.  I will be at Neely.