Over My Dead Body

Journalist Greg Melville’s Over My Dead Body is an “astonishing . . . fascinating . . . powerful” ( New York Times Book Review ) tour through the history of US cemeteries that explores how, where, and why we bury our dead. “You hold in your hands a treasure map, a gentle, sly, and poignant presence leading us to places in America and in our lives that have been hiding in plain sight. This tale is about cemeteries, but it’s really about how beautiful is life .” —#1 New York Times bestselling auth