{"product_id":"the-country-undertaker-by-jim-eames-9781741145809","title":"The Country Undertaker","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA rich and generously told reminiscence about growing up in the Australian bush of the 1950s, and the eccentric life of Mick Eames, the country undertaker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Mick Eames, footballer and spare parts man, moved his family to Holbrook in the 1940s, he had no idea that the job of town undertaker would fall his way. Instead of immaculately attired attendants and battery-operated lowering devices of the city, Mick Eames' lot was much simpler. He had a hearse that wouldn't start, a couple of four-by-twos, and a rather unlikely assortment of funeral assistants, including Kelly O'Brien, the very sociable gravedigger who was known to sleep in the job.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWritten with great warmth and gentle humour, \u003ci\u003eThe Country Undertaker\u003c\/i\u003e is as poignant as it is funny. There are no big names or great moments in history; rather, a wonderful assortment of bush stories and a whole cast of supporting eccentrics (including the matriarch who insisted her prize bull be chief mourner at her funeral), leaving you quietly nostalgic for an Australia long past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLoud laughter, while reading \u003ci\u003eThe Country Undertaker\u003c\/i\u003e in bed, is a marriage\/relationship hazard. Risk it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJim Eames' voyage around his hard-drinking, ever-entrepreneurial father, Mick, is an utter delight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Snakes in the grave, booze, bonhomie, lethal country footy games and a cast of splendid eccentrics enliven this evocative and unforgettable account of growing up in mid-twentieth century Australia. Damon Runyon eat your heart out!' Tim Bowden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47432856568044,"sku":"9781741145809","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781741145809.jpg?v=1774766268","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-country-undertaker-by-jim-eames-9781741145809","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}