The Undertaker's Daughter by Kate Mayfield (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Undertaker's Daughter by Kate Mayfield Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description "Kate Mayfields first foray into nonfiction is a vivid Southern memoir that reads like a novel, about growing up in Jubilee, Kentucky as the daughter of a charismatic but troubled small-town undertaker--imagine Mad Mens Sally Draper growing up in the world of The Help"-- Publisher Description "The Undertakers Daughter is a wonderfully quirky, gem of a book beautifully written by Kate Mayfield....Her compelling, complicated family and cast of characters stay with you long after you close the book" (Monica Holloway, author of Cowboy & Wills and Driving With Dead People). How does one live in a house of the dead? Kate Mayfield explores what it meant to be the daughter of a small-town undertaker in this fascinating memoir evocative of Six Feet Under and The Help, with a hint of Mary Roachs Stiff. After Kate Mayfield was born, she was taken directly to a funeral home. Her father was an undertaker, and for thirteen years the family resided in a place nearly synonymous with death, where the living and the dead entered their house like a vapor. In a memoir that reads like a Harper Lee novel, Mayfield draws the reader into a world of haunting Southern mystique. In the turbulent 1960s, Kates father set up shop in sleepy Jubilee, Kentucky, a segregated, god-fearing community where no one kept secrets--except the ones they were buried with. By opening a funeral home, Frank Mayfield also opened the door to family feuds, fetishes, murder, suicide, and all manner of accidents. Kate saw it all--she also witnessed the quiet ruin of her father, who hid alcoholism and infidelity behind a cool and charismatic faade. As Kate grows from trusting child to rebellious teen, the enforced sobriety of the funeral home begins to chafe, and she longs for the day she can escape the confines of Jubilee and her place as the undertakers daughter. "Mayfield fashions a poignant send-off to Jubilee in this thoughtfully rendered work" (Publishers Weekly). Author Biography Kate Mayfield is the author of The Undertakers Daughter (a memoir) and the coauthor of Ten Steps to Fashion Freedom and Ellie Hart Goes to Work. A graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Manhattan, Kate lives in London. Details ISBN 1476757291 ISBN-13 9781476757292 Title The Undertaker's Daughter Author Kate Mayfield Format Paperback Year 2015 Pages 368 Publisher Gallery Books GE_Item_ID:94684627; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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ISBN-13: 9781476757292

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Book Title: Undertaker's Daughter

Number of Pages: 368 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Gallery Books

Publication Year: 2015

Item Height: 1 in

Topic: Women, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Personal Memoirs, American / General, Literary

Genre: Literary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography, History

Item Weight: 12.8 Oz

Item Length: 8.2 in

Author: Kate Mayfield

Item Width: 5.3 in

Format: Trade Paperback