num_pages: 110
description: The author of the acclaimed Emma Trilogy switches gears in this non-fiction account of his years working as a cemetery sexton. In this entertaining book readers will meet such characters as a lock-picking ghost, a coffin-chasing cow, a rock band with boorish graveside manners, and Mrs. Robinson, whose leg preceded her to the grave. Each chapter gives a behind-the-scenes look at different aspects of a sexton's world, including cemetery blunders, meddling spirits, bizarre events, and efforts to outfox the Grim Reaper. Written in a humorous, tongue-in-cheek style, this collection of the author's actual graveyard adventures is a curiously uplifting book you won't be able to put down-or ever forget!
language: English
title: One Foot in the Grave: Secrets of a Cemetery Sexton
titlecomplete: One Foot in the Grave: Secrets of a Cemetery Sexton
genres: Memoir, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 82
publisher: Cedar Fort