{"product_id":"9781632862921","title":"The Truth About Death: And Other Stories","description":"The Truth About Death,\" the title novella of this virtuosic collection, is a masterpiece of sardonic humor that confronts Death head on and emerges bloody but unbowed. Simon, an undertaker, embalms his own father and faces his own death. Louisa, Simon's mother, makes peace with her husband over his dead body in a cooler in the basement of the funeral home. Simon contemplates the mystery of death over a plate of \u003ci\u003espaghetti cacio e pepe \u003c\/i\u003ein Rome with an Italian undertaker. The dog, Maya--who works as a greeter at the funeral home where she comforts those who are grieving hardest--eventually makes the truth about death known to Elizabeth, Simon's wife. \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003ecartoons keep the family laughing during the most difficult months, Elizabeth decides to show her own cartoons (included here), to the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003ecartoon editor, Bob Mankoff, at his office in New York.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The serious issues cleverly addressed in \u003ci\u003eThe Truth About Death \u003c\/i\u003eare touched with warmth, humor, and deep feeling in the eight \"Other Stories,\" not by invoking comforting fairy tales but by accepting the fact that death and grief are part of the natural order of things. As Maya explains to Elizabeth, \"It's just the way things are.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47151966486768,"sku":"9781632862921","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781632862921_p0.jpg?v=1763675027","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781632862921","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}