Funeral Makers - Softcover

"An ambitious, fearless novelist. The "Funeral Makers" established Cathie Pelletier as one of the funniest novelists at work in this country today, but now she has clearly emerged as one of the very best." - The Washington Post

"A writer with a genius for vernacular." - Detroit Free Press

"Cathie Pelletier generates the sort of excitement that only writers at the very top of their form can provide." - Stephen King

"Cathie Pelletier's brilliantly drawn true-to-life characters break your heart and make you laugh at the same time." - Fannie Flag, author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe"

"Nobody walks the knife-edge of hilarity and heartbreak more confidently than Cathie Pelletier." - Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls

"One of my favorite novelists." - Wally Lamb

"A morbidly funny tale." - People

"The "Funeral Makers" completely satisfies...a clear-eyed yet passionate examination of life in an isolated small town, where the road ends." - Newsday

"A generous and genuine entertainment...funny and wrenching." - The New Yorker

"Cathie Pelletier is absolutely, inherently funny, yet she can walk the tightrope between humor and grief without once losing her balance.
" - The Los Angeles Times

CATHIE PELLETIER is the award-winning author of nine novels, including The Funeral Makers (New York Times Book Review Notable Book), The Weight of Winter (winner of the New England Book Award) and Running the Bulls (winner of the Paterson Prize for Fiction). As K. C. McKinnon, she has written two novels, both of which became television films. She lives in Allagash, Maine, in the family homestead where she was born.