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Down Among the Dead Men

A Year in the Life of a Mortuary Technician

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Down Among the Dead Men

By: Michelle Williams, Keith McCarthy
Narrated by: Liz Holliss
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Michelle Williams, an attractive young woman with close family ties and an active social life, describes her first extraordinary year in her unusual new job as a mortuary technician. It’s a year in which, with innate good humour, she encounters death at its most tragic, bizarre, and hilarious. Her tale, neither gruesome nor sad, is enlivened by a range of colourful and eccentric characters, from pathologists and coroners to hospital porters and undertakers, giving us a glimpse of life - and death - that few of us will ever experience.

©2010 Michelle Williams (P)2011 Isis Publishing Ltd Environment Physical Illness & Disease Science Funny Witty Thought-Provoking Inspiring

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I enjoyed it so much I would love a book two. The narrator was very good a most pleasant story I did not want in to end .

Very interesting book

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This audio was very informative and very well read by a Brit, most enjoyable, humerous and quite sad in parts but then so is life, and death!

Well Read, would Recommend

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I’m in retail at the moment but would loveeee to be a pathologist, technician, mortician or even paramedic. So listening/reading books about it is amazing and this really did have me hooked. I’ve even thought about being a porter since this book as their good words about the ones that care. Was sad to see the authors didn’t have any other books out or at least not in audibles library.

Loved every second of it

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Love this book have read hard copy 10+times and now have it on audio even better

Love it

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My curiosity got the better of me when I purchased this book, and I'm so glad it did. What a fantastic and strangely inspirational read. I thoroughly reccomend this book.
Arthur. Australia

Strange But Excellent Read

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Really enjoyed this audiobook. interesting characters and subject matter. Well written and narrated, can recommended.

Interesting subject.

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An interesting and informative listen that I very much enjoyed. A good amount of Gallows humour, wit, heart and interesting titbits of knowledge regarding the trade.

10/10 I would recommend this to all my friends.

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I was hooked right from the beginning... It is a real insight into a very delicate subject.

If you like to take a ride into someone else's life, this comes recommended

Fascinating!

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Written with an unapologetic honesty, humour and respect this book has been an interesting journey and insight into the other side of life. Highly recommend.

Great title

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A great insight into the little-known world of the mortuary technician and all that it entails. This book describes in detail the gory side of life in a mortuary, but also the human side. I enjoyed it as it was a written from a female perspective in a male-dominated world without being over sensitive. It says it like it is! Very thought-provoking and sad at times, but by no means a depressing book in my humble opinion. It answered the curiousity I have had about autopsies and what goes on after death.

Fascinating, poignant and informative

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