The American Way of Death Revisited

Her original critique was groundbreaking, but I'm curious what motivated her to re-examine the industry decades later and what changes she found most striking.

Mitford exposes some pretty disturbing practices, but I wondered whether her tone made it easier or harder to process the information objectively.

The book covers a lot of ground, from funeral homes to legal loopholes — I wonder how she chose which elements to focus on and if some were more personal than others.