{"product_id":"past-mortems","title":"Past Mortems By Valentine, Carla","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"+1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e**PRE-ORDER NOW: \u003ci\u003eMURDER ISN''T EASY: THE FORENSICS OF AGATHA CHRISTIE\u003c\/i\u003e, THE FASCINATING NEW BOOK BY CARLA VALENTINE**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Part memoir and part manifesto, Valentine''s book lifts the lid on daily life in the mortuary . . . Valentine bares her own soul . . . with visceral attention to physical and emotional detail'' - Wendy Moore, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A fascinating portrait . . . one seriously intriguing read'' - \u003ci\u003eGlamour\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A grisly topic, but a glorious read'' - \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA day in the life of Carla Valentine - curator, pathology technician and ''death professional'' - is not your average day. She spent ten years training and working as an Anatomical Pathology Technologist: where the mortuary slab was her desk, and that day''s corpses her task list.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePast Mortems \u003c\/i\u003etells Carla''s stories of those years, as well as investigating the body alongside our attitudes towards death - shedding light on what the living can learn from dead and the toll the work can take on the living souls who carry it out. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFascinating and insightful, \u003ci\u003ePast Mortems\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the truth about what happens when the mortuary doors swing shut or the lid of the coffin closes . . .\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57551988228478,"sku":"NW9780751565348","price":10.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780751565348.jpg?v=1783169800","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/past-mortems","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}