![]() ![]() ![]() In fact, the time Aaron spends with the dead starts to feel like a sanctuary of calm compared to the mystery, stress and violence in the rest of Aaron’s life The descriptions of Aaron’s work are detailed, even when dealing with the most unpleasant aspects of his job but there is nothing voyeuristic about these scenes. Aaron’s natural reticence is so pronounced that, even living inside his head, it took a long time to mine the pieces of his past and weld them together into a story that gives the true context for his actions. ![]() The story is a first-person account of Aaron’s first few weeks working in a funeral home, coming to terms with caring for the bodies of the dead and drowning in the grief and distress of the living left behind. I finally understood that I was reading mainstream fiction.īy then I was hooked and quite happy with my accidental selection of the story of Aaron Rowe, an isolated, broken teen, plagued by a recurring nightmare and prone to walking in his sleep, who may find salvation through his job as a funeral director in training. I was more than halfway through this short little book before. From the blurb, l thought I’d bought an Australian Urban Fantasy novel. ![]()
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