The Undertaker : A Memoir of the First Woman Funeral Director in the Core of Brooklyn

The Undertaker, A Memoir of the First Woman Funeral Director in the Core of Brooklyn by Laura Del Gaudio
The Undertaker is Laura Del Gaudio's lively story of learning the family business from under the kitchen table as a child and becoming one of the first woman Funeral Directors in New York. It is also how she learned empathy in the face of unspeakable traumas while understanding the impact of trauma herself. Licenced at the age of 21 she became the 3rd generation in the family business which was located at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Laura Del Gaudio has written a one of a kind book, like the author, who is as authentic a New York character as any. It is a toss-up between "6 Feet Under" and "A Bronx Tale" and "The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade" meets "A Walker in the City". The Undertaker is a story about suffering also a story about family, community, healing, triumph and what it means to be loyal. The Undertaker is not only by a woman for women but for those who want to better know what it means to be a woman in a world where the future is female.