{"product_id":"what-remains-isbn-9781915294128","title":"What Remains?","description":"\u003cb\u003eDeath is not my friend, neither is it my enemy; it is my destiny.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Part memoir, part rant against the traditional funeral business, part manifesto, part just musing on death and facing it with compassion and courage. It’s lovely and thoughtful and may make you rethink a few things.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This book is a great work of craft and beauty.\"—Salena Godden, author of \u003ci\u003eMrs Death Misses Death\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen he became an undertaker, Rupert Callender undertook to deal with the dead for the sake of the living. \u003ci\u003eWhat Remains?\u003c\/i\u003e is the brilliant, unforgettable story of the life and work of the world’s first punk undertaker—but it is also a book about ordinary, everyday humanity and our capacity to face death with courage and compassion. To say goodbye to the people we love in our own way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn becoming the world’s first “punk undertaker” and establishing the Green Funeral Company in Devon, UK, Ru Callender and his partner Claire challenged the stilted, traditional, structured world of the funeral industry; fusing what he had learned from his own deeply personal experiences with death, with the surprising and profound answers and raw emotion he discovered in rave culture and ritual magick.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom his unresolved grief for his parents and his cultural ancestors to political and religious non-conformists, social outlaws, experimental pioneers, and acid house culture, Ru Callender has taken to an outsider “DIY” ethos to help people navigate grief and death. He has carried coffins across windswept beaches, sat in pubs with caskets on beer-stained tables, helped children fire flaming arrows into their father’s funeral pyre, turned modern occult rituals into performance art and, with the band members of KLF, is building the People’s Pyramid of bony bricks in Liverpool.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat Remains?\u003c\/i\u003e is a profound, deeply moving, and politically charged book that will change the way readers think about life, death, and the all-important end-of\u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003elife experience. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Rupert Callender hope[s] to redefine the funeral.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Death has shown me unimaginable horror, the unbreakable core of love and courage that lies at the heart of what it means to be human.”—Rupert Callender, from \u003ci\u003eWhat Remains?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Part memoir, part rant against the traditional funeral business, part manifesto, part just musing on death and facing it with compassion and courage. It’s lovely and thoughtful and may make you rethink a few things.\"\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This isn’t a grisly book; it is sharp, angry, punchily philosophical and often funny. It basically invents a new type of lifestyle aspiration: deathstyle.\"\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Callender’s joyous, thought-provoking book is an account of how his own early encounters with bereavement led to him becoming a new kind of undertaker.\"\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eWhat Remains?\u003c\/i\u003e is a profound and vital book that reads less like a memoir and more like a confession. As honest, terrifying and truthful as a mirror at midday, it embraces life and death equally and is too compassionate to flinch. Inspiring and unforgettable.\"\u003cb\u003e—John Higgs, author of \u003ci\u003eWilliam Blake vs the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A fascinating insight into Life’s oldest ritual. Dead interesting.\"\u003cb\u003e—Rónán Hession, author of \u003ci\u003eLeonard and Hungry Paul\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A remarkable book. One of the most important books of our age. It had me laughing and crying by turns, sometimes both at the same time, and each page brought a new revelation, a new insight, a new understanding of what it means to be human in this beautiful world, in this strange moment we are passing through. It's a book destined to join the greats of counterculture nonfiction, like \u003ci\u003eFear and Loathing in Las Vegas\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCosmic Trigger\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003cb\u003e—CJ Stone, author of \u003ci\u003eFierce Dancing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A truly extraordinary book. It is like nothing else I've ever read, or thought I needed. Heartful of the ferocious, transcendent power of love and wonder; it is deeply profound, funny, and wholly and radically moving. \u003ci\u003eWhat Remains?\u003c\/i\u003e reveals life in the presence of death, as alchemy; as glorious and thoughtful ritual. Bright and dark and glittering as a funeral pyre, its embers are lasting, life-affirming, life-changing, death facing and unflinching.\"\u003cb\u003e—Nicola Chester, Wainwright-longlisted author of \u003ci\u003eOn Gallows Down\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I loved \u003ci\u003eWhat Remains?\u003c\/i\u003e Funny, demystifying, but mostly, deeply moving.\"\u003cb\u003e—Kathy Burke, director\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"If there is one book you should read when death comes knocking or you get the sudden urge to build a crop circle in the middle of the night, then this is that book. I was lucky...lucky because when my kid brother died suddenly and shockingly, The Green Funeral Company were the local undertakers in his hometown; they even knew him. They took me to their forest HQ at Dartington Hall, where Simon was laid out on a funeral bier in their chapel of rest like some medieval king. Later, in the front office by the fire, we talked about building pyres and pyramids in a forest clearing. In the end, Simon’s funeral was simple, and better for it. From crop circles to the Gates of Hell and back again, Ru’s book will be your guide.\"\u003cb\u003e—Jimmy Cauty, The JAM’s, K2 Plant Hire\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It's extraordinary. You'll laugh, you'll cry, your heart will break, your heart will shine, filled with love. You'll be changed. An instant classic.\"\u003cb\u003e—Rob Hopkins, author of \u003ci\u003eFrom What Is to What If\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Rupert Callender takes us to the dark end of the street, but he does so with wit, beauty and no little experience. It’s a one-of-a-kind ride, filled with storytelling. This original and gutsy book will do a lot of good in the world.\"\u003cb\u003e—Martin Shaw, author of \u003ci\u003eSmoke Hole\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Rupert Callender’s compelling personal story brings us face to face with what he describes as “the sharp edge, where life cuts into death”: a place our society keeps discreetly under wraps, but which we will all visit sooner or later. An exquisitely sensitive, eloquent and courageous guide to its mysteries and terrors, its ordinariness and its humanity.\"\u003cb\u003e—Mike Jay, writer and cultural historian\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book is great work of craft and beauty, truth and humanity, heart and soul. I believe it could be used as a teaching tool and as a comfort. I find Callender’s approach to this huge subject deeply loving and moving, but also revolutionary in spirit and courageous.\"—\u003cb\u003eSalena Godden, author of \u003ci\u003eMrs Death Misses Death\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This moving, angry and funny book isn’t just about an odd career ushering people off to join the Silent Majority, but a beautiful guide to how to live, grieve and remember well.\"\u003cb\u003e—Luke Turner, author of \u003ci\u003eOut of the Woods\u003c\/i\u003e; co-founder, The Quietus\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Vulnerable, raw and moving, this is a book for anyone who strives to die, and live, in an emotionally authentic and honest way. Essential reading. Beautifully written.\"\u003cb\u003e—Louise Winter, progressive funeral director, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eWe All Know How This Ends\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eRu Callender was moved to become an undertaker through his experience of bereavement and its aftermath. He spent much of his childhood in the hospice where his mother worked, and the caring humanistic philosophy of the hospice movement is central to his work. He opened The Green Funeral Company with Claire in 2000 and the company is now among the country’s best-known eco-friendly funeral directors. In 2012, they won Joint Best Funeral Director at the first Good Funeral Awards and were described as ‘The best undertakers of all time, by a country mile’ by \u003ci\u003eGood Funeral Guide\u003c\/i\u003e author, Charles Cowling. Ru and Claire spoke at TEDx Totnes on death, grief, ritual and radical funerals. In 2021, Claire left the company and Ru continues with a new colleague.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCallender, Phillips, Cauty \u0026amp; Drummond: Undertakers to the Underworld was established as a partnership between The Green Funeral Company and The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (KLF) in 2017. Find out more at: www.thegreenfuneralcompany.co.uk and follow Ru on Twitter @wayswithweirds and RuCallender.com","brand":"Chelsea Green Publishing UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233842245861,"sku":"NP9781915294128","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781915294128.jpg?v=1767743884","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/what-remains-isbn-9781915294128","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}