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NHFA Books for Families & Home Funeral Guides

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This manual will teach you how to research state laws and identify your legal rights and responsibilities; how to handle, bathe and transport the body; and how to create and sustain an effective community care group. 
BUY NOW | $12.95
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Checklists and suggestions to help make all the decisions needed for a home funeral family. Leave a meaningful legacy of trust by writing it all down; and then have the conversation with friends and loved ones​. 
BUY NOW | $14.95
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Easy to read, practical resource guide, manual, template, and best practices all-in-one collection that every home funeral guide needs to ensure consistent, quality service that meets FTC regulations.  
BUY NOW | $24.95
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Explaining the reasons for home funeral advocacy and how the law in some states impedes families. Includes What to Do When Families' Right Are Challenged and Quick Guide to Home Funerals by State, all updated Spring 2018. 
BUY NOW | $3.95
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A blueprint for change in your local agencies and institutions; includes inside examples of institutional policies, and tools for building relationships with local hospices and hospitals.
BUY NOW | $12.95

​More Books We Love

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A collection of  leaders seeking ways to honor our commitment to ethical andcompassionate funeral practices that nourish the relationships between families and providers, the profession and the public, humans and the Earth. 
BUY NOW | $15.95
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Greening Death traces the philosophical and historical backstory of the home funeral and green burial movements to help try to explain why we need to reframe our death care.
BUY NOW | $30.60
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Grave Matters follows families who found in "green" burial a more natural, more economic, and ultimately more meaningful alternative to the tired and toxic send-off on offer at the local funeral parlor. 
BUY NOW | $16.00
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Weaving the practical with poetry and insight, these ceremonies guide with intention and clarity by bringing ritual into being with the dying person and afterwards during preparation of the body, the vigil, leave-taking, and disposition. 
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The Green Burial Guidebook includes some home funeral basics that consider both the environmental well-being of the planet and the economic well-being of loved ones.
BUY NOW | $15.95
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The story of a mother's instinctual response to her daughter's tragic death that became the catalyst for her family and community centered home funeral, contributing to the birth of the home funeral movement.
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BUY NOW | $29.99
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Exposing funeral industry wrongdoing while informing consumers of their rights, Final Rights  includes state-by-state summaries of laws, regulations, services, and consumer concerns essential for home funerals. 
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BUY NOW | $16.46
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Re-imagining Death: Stories and Practical Wisdom for Home Funerals and Green Burials by Lucinda Herring offers stories and guidance for funeral vigils, and more. ​
BUY NOW | $14.55​

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