| 单词 | funeral |
| 例句 | She suddenly sees him in his middle school PE uniform, and then in his orchestra suit at the funerals, and now, looking like a man. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Which is why nobody thought to argue with her when she decided to dye Mary Toy’s hair black for Granny’s funeral. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Here is something you might not know: that sometimes, at a funeral, what a person feels is hatred. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z My sisters went back home after the funeral. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z And he did nothing except lie awake in the dark, thinking of her body there in the funeral home, not her anymore, but a thing suddenly, cold and pale. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We were driven to the track in an army automobile, feeling more solemn and golden than at a good funeral. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z His wife had come right in the funeral to nasty and dishonor her. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “If he didn’t make it, it was supposed to be served at his funeral. I propose we drink it to celebrate the old buzzard’s death!” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Between those two photographs, we have the American flag from his funeral. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z After Johnny’s funeral, Katie went around thanking each person who had sent flowers. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It was an ancient custom at funerals to hire poor people to take upon themselves the sins of the deceased. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s where he lives ever since the funeral, lying like a sack of nothing on the TV couch. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “Wait. So you’re saying you like sitting in on funerals of people you never knew?” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Don’t you think it’s strange that you go to so many funerals, Comfort?” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z His voice quavered now, like someone speaking at a funeral, choked with emotion. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I hadn’t expected this, as all the people I knew in Sylvan had their dead loved ones go straight from the funeral home to the graveyard. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But it’s been six months now since Lucy’s funeral, and she’s still watching her shows in the kitchen on her portable television. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “And the next time I have a funeral,” Big Joe said, “I better hear you there crying and carrying on.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Lelia had already worked on the house once, this a while ago, after his funeral, so we could sell off the things we didn’t want or need. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She would manufacture a beautiful corpse, with the linen shroud and a plush-lined coffin with purple trim, and she would put it at the disposition of the worms with splendid funeral ceremonies. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Reporters flooded the funeral and made photographs of the dead boy’s grotesque face. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Ye Gods!” is a simple example; it’s also seen when someone speaking at a funeral turns to address the departed. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The practical, pragmatic part of our upbringing wouldn’t allow me to put much stock in the gentle, well-intentioned platitudes people would heap on us a few days later at the funeral. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Janie starched and ironed her face and came set in the funeral behind her veil. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Spooky funeral music keeps playing on the radio. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z And then, on the day of my son’s funeral, two words. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z But I don’t like to remember her funeral. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Still and all, two cakes weren’t anything like equal to the trouble Miss Love went to on the day before the funeral. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z So, despite my mother having a total meltdown over her inability to give her older sister a “proper funeral,” Lucy was cremated. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Leroy’s band, the All Star Stompers, played “Amazing Grace” and “One More River to Cross” and before you knew it we were deep into the funeral. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z After the funerals, no one mentioned again the four dead girls— my friends. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Dude ruined my funeral and got my friends locked up, I get to deck him again and don’t try to tell me I’m wrong. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z But at the time of Granny’s funeral, Miss Effie Belle had sung a different tune entirely. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z We were walking slowly, as one follows a hearse, our ow n funeral procession. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Hundreds of Hitler followers turned out for the funeral. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z But they’d learned the hard way that funerals were expensive, that hiring lawyers was even worse, that when you lost a loved one, it sucked your finances dry. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z These had been given when Hercules died to the Prince Philoctetes, the man who had fired his funeral pyre and who later had joined the Greek host when they sailed to Troy. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It seems like almost everyone in Lanternwood has shown up today for Gram’s funeral. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I tell her about Mom’s funeral, and how the colors all melted together like on summer days, and the radio on Abuela’s doorstep addressed to me. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The next morning, the day of the fatiha, a flock of neighborhood women descended on the house and took charge of preparations for the khatm dinner that would take place after the funeral. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z It is an old and rarely used gesture of our district, occasionally seen at funerals. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I had met Aunt Cecile only once, when I was real small and Mama had taken us all down south for our daddy's uncle's funeral. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z They use the front door only for visits from the priest or funerals. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z When we came into the funeral parlor there was Big Joe, lying up front in his casket. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the kids at the funeral service were girls from school, who had laughed when Lettie told me how stupid and backward rootworking was. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “Mama’s takin’ it all right, I s’pose,” I said, as if widowers getting hitched right after the funeral was an everyday thing. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I never saw Auntie Braxton again, until she was laid out for her funeral. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I even told her how disappointed I was she and Dad didn’t let me go to the funeral. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z “Well, we just got out of Abuela’s funeral mass, so...not great.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I didn’t go to the funeral, but I know that Mrs. Duncan hasn’t looked the same since she buried her son. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z When we found out, and since your parents didn’t have a funeral in this town, no one said much about it at all. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z The car for the funeral was parked before the house. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “I’m so sorry for your loss. That’s what you’re supposed to say at funeral gatherings. And it’s true, too. I’m sorry for your loss.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z My grandmother died when I was seven, and at her funeral I threw a tantrum because she wasn’t waking up. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Mama Mwanza balanced the skillet on her head, since she needed her hands for walking, and solemnly led her family away from our funeral. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z In that somber house that held four Virgin Marys, where death sighed in every comer and candles sputtered, die gardenia smell and canary-yellow dress emphasized the funeral atmosphere surrounding them. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z On Tuesday, a funeral service was held in the modest redbrick Ebenezer Baptist Church where his father had presided for three decades, and in which young “M. L.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z "And still you organized that side show of a funeral!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z As they were passing a funeral parlor, Santa stopped to talk to one of the mourners standing out on the sidewalk. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The secretary of war wished the Booth situation to be handled with as little public outcry as possible, and this meant forbidding a public funeral. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The same one I wore to my mom’s funeral. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The crate was gone, and where it had lain were the remains of a funeral pyre. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Then there was a frenzy of activity as my parents got ready for the funeral. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The investigators had learned that I had “shown insensitivity” the day of Maman’s funeral. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z I knew the truth, which was that if she could have chosen, it would have been my funeral we were driving to. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z She rarely goes to mass, but she’s got the required crucifix over the kitchen doorway, the rosary in the dresser drawer, and the stack of dead relatives’ funeral cards, held together with a rubber band. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He sang of battles and marriages, of funerals and hangings, the whimperings of beaten enemies, of splendid hunts and harvests. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I can’t believe she came to the funeral mass with her girls, adding four more slaps to her big blow. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Cane was blessed with ninety-three years of healthy living, and several people who attended the funeral commented, “She didn’t look a day over ninety.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z During these funerals Mr. Ray would usually just take charge and get it done. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z And it struck Obinze that, a few years ago, they were attending weddings, now it was christenings and soon it would be funerals. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The gang not only paid for the funeral but often gave a stipend of up to three years’ wages to the victim’s family. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “Yeah, I know that. Look, I have to tell you something: Don’t you be coming to Luis’s funeral.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They knew that he had slept all night next to their loved one’s casket, on the night before the funeral. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z After the funeral home men drove away, August and Rosaleen walked up to the coffin and stared down at May, but I hung back. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z His family gave him a traditional Zande funeral and left his body under a mound of stones in a clearing of elephant grass. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I was very tempted to respond Okay again, but I pictured him at my funeral, and that helped me text properly. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I need to give Gram the kind of funeral she would want. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z About how Brandy stood next to me then, and put her arm around my shoulders at his funeral. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z She leaned in for a kiss, but before I could meet her in the middle, the funeral home door flew open again, banging against the wall, scaring us both half to death. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The preacher at my mom’s funeral said something like that too. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He shuddered, thinking of funeral pyres burning on the surface of the water, of red lights in the deep. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I say, “No. It’s okay. I have been to a few funerals. I think you’re pretty much right.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z In one speech,*for instance, he accused an enemy in short order of being a “monster, ” “funeral pyre of the commonwealth,” “butcher,” “scoundrel,” “most foul and inhuman monster,” and “gelded pig.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z There were tons of pictures of flowers, but most were of her and her grandmother, who I recognized from the funeral. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I mean where else do you have a funeral? If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “And I want me a party when I die, not a funeral. Remember thet.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She hasn’t been out of her pajamas since Michael’s funeral. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z I figured the real reason he didn’t want anybody to see the rose blankets, it would spoil his surprise for the funeral. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “For the funeral” Desdemona gave a cry and clutched her breast again. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Every funeral I ever went to, I ate indoors. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “Ladies and gentlemen,” said a slightly singsong voice, and with a slight shock, Harry saw the same small, tufty-haired wizard who had presided at Dumbledore’s funeral, now standing in front of Bill and Fleur. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Same one that came to the funeral, rested on the casket, and fluttered its wings. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z The flag was run up and Beasts of England was sung a number of times, then the sheep who had been killed was given a solemn funeral, a hawthorn bush being planted on her grave. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z He wondered how much the funeral had cost. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I was used to almost every church funeral starting this way, and it killed me because I knew that the truth is that people do come in sadness. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z When I glanced back, Rachel and Chiron were walking together in earnest conversation, like they were discussing funeral arrangements. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z One black butcher who died with no family to provide a proper burial was given a full, all-expenses-paid union funeral parade. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Lincoln’s funeral procession was the saddest, most profoundly moving spectacle ever staged in the history of the United States. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I could see the crowd of local people clustering round the churchyard at the funeral, and myself leaning on Frank’s arm. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z After Gramma’s funeral, Dad had to get back to Ole Miss, but Mom planned to stay in Greenwood a few more days to take care of me and Grampa. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z The 46th Guards had to organize another funeral. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He's still wearing the formal clothes he wore to escort Mrs. Janssen to the funeral earlier today. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He and she and Baby would ride in the funeral car together. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z It was like something you see on TV, like a National Geographic special on funeral rituals. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z This noble war in the sky elevated my spirits; I clasped my hands, and exclaimed aloud, “William, dear angel! this is thy funeral, this thy dirge!” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z “When you bellowed at the funeral, I thought what a poor thing you are.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z And all the tears that she hadn’t been able to shed at her brothers’ funeral came pouring down. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The walking started a day after the funeral when all Mom’s friends and colleagues still filled the house. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z At the funeral, Ash wore the stiff black dress that Lady Isobel gave her; the collar felt like hands around her throat. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered what the people at Mr. Jameson’s funeral were doing. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z For once he didn’t look like he was on his way to a funeral. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I had been told stories of terrible days long ago when widows were thrown on the burning funeral pyres of their husbands. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I tried to picture that in the drive-through window at the funeral home. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Desiring control until the end, he was particularly emphatic that none of his “enemies” attend his funeral: those who he felt exploited him or with whom he’d established feuds. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z When we were pulling away from the funeral parlor I saw Peaches and her girls taking down their signs. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t have a very clear memory of the funeral, either. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Later, Don Gustavo at the funeral parlor wanted us to switch them into something fancy. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z For most of the way up Highway 49 into Tallahatchie County, Grampa sat like a man going to his own funeral. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Now he was dead before his fortieth birthday, a tape recording of one of his last sermons serving as his own funeral oration. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I immediately made a request to the commanding officer to be permitted to attend her funeral in the Transkei, which he turned down. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The episode of the naked man in the tree at Snowden’s funeral mystified him thoroughly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z My faith was buttressed by a book by Jacques Maritain rather than by the experience of worship at a Lenten service with classmates or serving at some old lady’s funeral. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know you said after Dumbledore’s funeral that you wanted to come with me,” Harry began. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She looked way better at a funeral than she did at work. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Next to it was the funeral director, a little man in a ridiculous getup, and an awkward, embarrassed-looking old man. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z “You don’t schedule a football practice on the morning of your team captain’s funeral.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Forgive us, folks,” he said in his funeral director’s voice, speaking above the wail. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Did she have to prepare for a funeral? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Like the one I normally feel at the funerals, but it was different this time. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Cousins and nephews and nieces prepared food and moved silently through the apartment in which the funeral was staged. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z For reasons cloaked in mystery, his wife declined to have a funeral and never revealed what she did with his body. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I said you can’t just barge into the funeral of a perfect stranger. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Leaving the Medical Examiner’s office at about noon to go and complete funeral arrangements, Sister Betty told reporters, ‘ ‘No one believed what he said. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Two weeks after her mother’s funeral, Ash’s father left for the Royal City. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z After the funeral, the daughter-in-law and her husband convinced Mr. Wilkinson to move into a retirement home in Silver Spring, nearer to them. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I feel slightly overdressed in my black dress, the one I wore to Lucy’s funeral, but it’s the only church-appropriate thing I own. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z There was this girl dancing to this old-time song and a funeral going on right in the middle of the park. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Back with the old ladies, the white stockings, the white shoes, the fans, sitting next to my mother at her own funeral again. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Aunt Pearl would be sitting on the stoop, waving the fan the undertaker gave away at summer funerals. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Allen—who’s wearing a gray suit—shakes Coach’s hand very formally and says, “Thank you again for what you said at the funeral. You’re a poet, a good friend, and a kind soul.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Neither the election nor the funeral could be delayed for Hamlet's return. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Jimmy Zizmo’s funeral was held thirteen days later by permission of the bishop in Chicago. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z "How could there be a side show without you as the star attraction, who'd draw the two bits admission, Brother Twobits? What was wrong with the funeral?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The night before the funeral, she packed her things. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z When he died, his funeral drew the biggest crowd in the history of the city. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Right on top of the handout from my buddy’s funeral. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Outraged over the violent, brutal murder of her son, she ordered the undertakers to leave Emmett’s body just as she had received it and to hold an open-casket funeral. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The car ride to the funeral is largely silent. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z A few months after the funeral, Natasha thinks about calling Daniel, but it has been far too long. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z When we parked in front of the funeral home, my father turned and looked at me. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. I wanted to go to the funeral with her, but I don’t think she’s going.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “I mean, I want to be there for him. I just don’t want to be going to a funeral for Travis.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Perez said it was really my mother he had known and that he had seen me only once, on the day of the funeral. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z In spite of his ruthlessness, he felt a pang of grief as he watched the maiden placed on the funeral pyre and the wild flames roar up. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z And I had heard Mama tell Aunt Loma right after the funeral, “I’m go’n bring Ma’s Bible over here, if Pa don’t mind.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z When she. was a girl, my mother had dreamed of owning a flower shop, so she drew dozens of diagrams of how she might organize and display the flowers for the funeral. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Soon after that, a flower shop, headstone engraver, and funeral parlor offered to sponsor me in national tournaments. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The Reverend was dressed in a black suit and a black tie, as if he had just come from a funeral. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Mr. Stonecrop wants my father to read them at her funeral.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z So the day of the funeral they came with shame and apology in their faces. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Her eyes filling with water because of both the wind and the funeral. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z There was an eerie hush over the crowd, not unlike the way I’d seen folks behave outside the home of the deceased just before a funeral. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Elaborate funeral cars stood along the curb, one a dull black with windows shaped like Gothic arches, through which I saw funeral flowers piled upon a casket. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Oddly, the main thing I remember is that it wasn’t in a church, and that surprised me, since my father was a preacher, and I had been where he preached people’s funerals in churches. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I had to fake it at the funeral. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Tom cranked the movie camera while we went through the second funeral. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The night after the funeral, Father sat at the table with his head in his hands. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z But the one thing that was always the same was how the closest person to whoever the funeral was for reacted. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z As we wave good-bye one more time and enter the waiting area, I get the sense I am going from one funeral to another. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z When he finally got killed — gunned down outside the Showcase Bar on 125th — nobody went to his funeral. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A funeral chapel had been set up in the dining room. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She kills herself, praying that her body shall be laid on the funeral pyre with Sigurd’s. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He did this until it was time for the funeral to begin. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z There would be a funeral in the village at which Briony’s dignified reticence would hint at the vastness of her sorrow. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z So that at the makaria after the funeral, I looked around the table at the Grecian Gardens and knew what everyone was feeling. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Sadder than the song Dad had played at Gramps’s funeral. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z “A fine affair. All of Frell came, everyone who counts anyway,” he said, as though Mother’s funeral had been a tournament or a ball. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s possible that her funeral will also be mine. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And then what really hurt my heart was when we had the funeral and Derrick went up and saw Eric’s body. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Until I saw him sitting in it after the funeral. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z And you wouldn’t believe how many different kinds of funerals there are. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Only on the third day after the death—the day of the funeral—did he have to share the spotlight. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z "Serve the boar at my funeral feast," Robert rasped. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “You just need to go to more funerals, Declaration, that’ll take care of that. I mean...look at me. You get used to death if you live around it long enough.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z After the autopsy, after the police made her suicide official, after the funeral home had fixed May up as pretty as they could, she came home to the pink house. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Thor stood in front of the funeral pyre, and he held Mjollnir high. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I was not allowed to go to Grandpa’s funeral; I was ordered to stay home “and mind the house.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Travel permits were usually issued for work-related reasons or for a family event that could be confirmed by bureaucrats, such as a wedding or a funeral. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z A woman poured ashes into a mortar and pounded them as she called the names of Vatete's relatives who lived too far away to attend the funeral. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then I won’t drink, not even water. I will die of thirst at your feet, and Arthur will give me a splendid funeral, and never forgive you for making me.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Proof of this being Violet’s outright attack on the very subject of a funeral ceremony. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z This isn’t a birthday party; it’s a funeral. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Within a few days of the funeral, Cleopatra, wretched with sorrow, fell ill from an infection brought on by the injuries she had inflicted on herself. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z On the afternoon that the funeral home came to pick up May for the burial, bees buzzed around the front-window screens. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “The great dust sea, it’s called in the tales. What else but the Elmuthaleth? And the funeral pyre the size of a moon?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Or maybe they wouldn’t find enough good-sized pieces to justify the cost of a funeral; maybe they would only find my chemise. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z More than twenty-five years had passed since I came this way, for Emily’s funeral. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Bring a covered dish of food with you to the funeral home. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z So get in the car and come on to the funeral...unless your name is Peach Shuggars. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z And on the night before his funeral, the Ravenel Officers’ Club filled to capacity as old pilots told stories to young pilots of Bull Meecham in the Pacific and Bull Meecham in Korea. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z On the twenty-ninth day a funeral procession passed slowly beneath the open classroom windows. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Malcolm X followers had been canvassing with growing anxiety for a Harlem church that would accept the Saturday funeral. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew what to do at a funeral—attend to the living, honor the dead. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z According to them, there hadn’t been a whole pile of people at Mr. Bernoffski’s funeral. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z You don’t have to wear black to a funeral. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Now I know he’ll rest in peace. Uncle Eugene gave Mom so much money she’s buying seven cows for the funeral!” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He looked like he was on his way to a funeral. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z "You here for the funeral?" he asks Lev, looking askance at the fringes hanging from his waist. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I was on assignment in Miami and had to return there immediately after his funeral. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z My mom and dad had gone to visit them about six months ago for Carmen’s mom’s funeral, but I was in school, so I couldn’t go. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Most of the special items we had belonged to Gran, and we’d placed several of them on her grave after her funeral. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The story did spill out when he talked to Eugene Williams’s mother as they grieved together at the funeral of his drowned friend. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “I cannot participate in a pagan funeral, but we can discuss with the parish priest and arrange a Catholic funeral.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “On days that I don’t glean, I attend funerals and do research for future gleanings. Scythes...or should I say good scythes...don’t often have days off.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I lived through my funeral, but I wish I was already dead. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z It made him angry that a burden was lifted from him at his father’s funeral and it made him suffer. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The fluids that Russell's dad pumps into the dead bodies down in the basement of the funeral home. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z At last the pallbearers brought the casket outside for the funeral photograph. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z This was the funeral of Hector, tamer of horses. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Rain thrummed the tin roof while we talked and ate and shared our afternoon plans, preparing ourselves for Great-great-aunt Florentine’s funeral. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Fire had killed fifteen more, and an assassin had transformed the closing ceremony from what was to have been the century’s greatest celebration into a vast funeral. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Theo goes to the funeral, and the brothers write about it for weeks afterward. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Mr. Downes across the way comes back from England for his mother’s funeral. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The glacier, dry and frigid, spread all over with funeral ashes. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “He held a funeral for a bird! He danced on the front lawn! He played senior citizen music! The Beatles and that other grandpa—Guitarfunkel, or whatever his name is.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z He roared out songs at the top of his voice, some of them highly objectionable songs, and behaved himself in a way that was nothing less than indecent at the time of a funeral. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The Eagle announced that the school would charter a bus on Sunday to the funeral in Vine Station. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The fourth day was the funeral procession, and they didn’t see their parents at all. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z I kinda wanted to go to the funeral, but kinda not. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “I’m going to the village at the bottom of our mountain to let them know about the funeral and to bring up the elderly who can't make the trek. Everyone loved Father Cham.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “This was in place of coming to the funeral,” he rasped to them in a quavering voice. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The next week we all flew to Belize City for Grandma Caye’s funeral. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Despite jazz’s African-American origins in the Blues and in New Orleans’s funeral procession bands, the members of the Original Dixieland Jass Band itself were the children of white European immigrants. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Don’t want the dead people showing up late to their own funerals. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Sometimes, preoccupied with her work, she sang the refrain very low, very lingeringly; “A long time ago” came out like the saddest cadence of a funeral hymn. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z There is also a notice that though the funeral services will be private, condolences may be sent via the address of one of the local theaters. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Not that you’d be able to say that much about me at my funeral,” Dill said. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Hickock’s uneven eyes turned toward a window in the visiting room; his face, puffy, pallid as a funeral lily, gleamed in the weak winter sunshine filtering through the bar-shrouded glass. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a funeral for Ben a couple days later. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z These people, these honorary aunts and uncles of a dozen different surnames, have seen Gogol grow, have surrounded him at his wedding, his father’s funeral. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She stayed by herself in the garden curled up beside Barrabas, refusing to eat or have anything to do with the funeral. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The Government never paid for Sophie Mol’s funeral because she wasn’t killed on a zebra crossing. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z His speech sounded familiar, because he’d used almost the same phrases at Mother’s funeral. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Ibis and Jacquel was a small, family-owned funeral home: one of the last truly independent funeral homes in the area, or so Mr. Ibis maintained. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z There’s a funeral tomorrow, and I need to write a notice for the newspaper and arrange things with the florist. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Delphine’s funeral—just two weeks before—had been as sad and bewildering a day as she could remember, but now she hoped she could put it behind her. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z I suppose it was the funeral upset him and sent his mind back on some train of thought.... Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Like many others, Sapo didn’t want to be seen at the funeral. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I missed Dismay, but he was a funeral dog, so I knew his place was downstairs at the viewing. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The funeral banquet was a peal of joy after the thunderous beauty of the funeral. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m getting cheated out of mine because the wrong person showed up at my funeral. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z If looks could kill, Grandmother Rose's funeral would be tomorrow. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But on the other hand, it just didn’t seem like a good idea to take a job somewhere where I’d have to relive my mom’s funeral everyday. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Beside the funeral pyre the gods had made for the remains of the giant, two huge orbs sat, filled with light. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z His funeral made the national news, the casket conducted through the streets of Oakland on a horse-drawn carriage followed by a procession of four Rolls-Royces, ten white limousines, and an assortment of Cadillacs and Lincolns. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It was coming from the front of the funeral home, from the Serenity Suite—it was coming from Great-great-aunt Florentine! Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The murdered girls' families began making funeral preparations for their young daughters first thing that Monday morning. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In the days before the funeral none of us saw each other very much. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Now, I knew he wouldn’t even look at her casket during the funeral, but I didn’t say anything. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “My wife is dead. She died last week in a car accident. It was her funeral yesterday.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I don’t remember many details from my mom’s funeral, but I do remember how sad Mr. Patterson was that day. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I could tell the spirit was on Loomis to help us out, but he knew white folks’ funerals aren’t like colored funerals. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The dead were given proper funeral rites at the campfire. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Mama was walking across the freshly mowed grass from the funeral home to the flower shop when she saw me snake past the corner of the shed. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z For those of you who did go, let me describe what school was like on the day of his funeral. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Here’s what to say to the family during the viewing, visitation, and funeral time: “I’m so sorry.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Daft Donald saw some of the bodyguards scoop some up and hide them in their pockets.The priest performed the funeral rites. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps they thought the boy’s mother would have a quiet funeral and leave the coffin unopened. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z As the auction progressed, and Mr. Clutter’s worldly domain dwindled, gradually vanished, Paul Helm, remembering the burial of the murdered family, said, “It’s like a second funeral.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z May’s funeral turned Ob and me into temporary sort-of socialites, and we never really got the chance to howl and pull our hair out. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z “Isn’t it cool that this used to be a school? I love how they renovate old buildings. You know, they’ve done a funeral home, too.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She smelled the flowers and heard the neighing of the plumed horses of the funeral carriage. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z There were frost giants and mountain giants at Balder’s funeral; there were even dwarfs, the cunning craftsmen from beneath the ground, for all things that there were mourned the death of Balder. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Everybody made stupid jokes about how good he looked for just coming from his funeral, and how he shouldn’t eat too many ribs because it was bad for his cholesterol. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The dreams of my mother sitting with me at her own funeral kept coming every night on schedule, and y’know, I started to look forward to them. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z When the woman, her name is Violet, went to the funeral to see the girl and to cut her dead face they threw her to the floor and out of the church. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They hugged, and she told Joseph about the flu that had kept his father from flying in for the funeral, and she complained about the luggage the airline had almost lost at Heathrow. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The same one I had the day before at Mr. Jameson’s funeral. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Tidings would be wearing his suit and standing just inside the big front doors of the funeral home. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Grandma said, We better go now and sleep a bit before the funeral tomorrow. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She sent her face to Joe’s funeral, and herself went rollicking with the springtime across the world. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z I ran for the back door of the funeral home. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “You should plan your wedding, not your funeral. Don’t be morbid.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z She had seen no need for a funeral ceremony. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The last time any of us was in a church was for Mama's funeral. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z When he asked where they sold funeral wreaths they took him from house to house so that he could choose the best ones. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The next day, Wednesday, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the eulogy for Addie, Denise, and Cynthia at a joint funeral. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Her parents had driven up for his father’s funeral, his mother says, from New Jersey, but Gogol has no memory of them there. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I remember that my first meet back after my parents’ funeral, she didn’t try for one of the weird hugs some of the other girls I competed against went for. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z “Then take it. It’s on me. I hate that I missed Travis’s funeral. I was on a book-buying trip to Johnson City.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z But I had no words and I'd never been to a Brotherhood funeral and had no idea of a ritual. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt a little silly, not because I was at a random funeral, but because my arms looked like tentacles in Mr. Ray’s huge suit jacket. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z It’s like walking into a funeral home and being surprised there are caskets. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “I’m going to have me a nice funeral while I’m still alive so I can appreciate it.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, one can speculate, the vehicle for transformation may have been Hopewell religion, with its intoxicatingly elaborate funeral rites. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “But you're not here to make funeral orations for dead traitors. You're here to read aloud, and I am not going to tell you so again.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z "Get the Aurochs on his feet, he has funeral arrangements to make." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In my family, the funeral meats have always furnished the wedding tables. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Wealthy families like ours always have elaborate funerals— Metias’s takes place inside a building with soaring baroque archways and stained-glass windows. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Afterward, a funeral train pulled up next to the cottage. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Barack had flown back to Chicago to be with me for as long as he could around my dad’s funeral before returning to finish at Harvard. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z A lot of the Panthers had come out for the funeral. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z We were all three in the rather hearty, cheerful humour of people before a funeral. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I would be lucky to get an invitation to my own funeral, with my reputation. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z After the funeral service, everyone got back into the cars for the drive to the cemetery. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The night of Charlie’s funeral, I took two shots of chilled vodka that someone had left at their table. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Gatsby is alone when the book begins, and he dies alone, with his life exposed as a sham and almost no one to come to his funeral. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z On the day of her daughter's funeral, she wore a giant pink flower pinned to her lapel. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z At the funeral, Gertrude, wrapped in black veils, followed her husband's coffin. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He howled, but I didn’t laugh at all, because that’s not the reason I loved the funerals, and if he knew the real reason he wouldn’t have found it so funny. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I’ve only ever been to one funeral in my life and it was for someone I hardly knew. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The boys playing ball clear the street, stand on the side frozen, like it’s a funeral car passing by. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z According to Lettie, most of the family agreed that in the future, family members would be allowed only one funeral and they’d have to pick if it would be when they were dead or alive. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z But I’d never heard of the dead sitting up in the funeral home, at the viewing, in front of all the mourners, and wailing his or her fool head off! Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z A funeral parlor was the only place large enough that Brother James X could afford to rent. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z What I notice right away about the walk-in closet is that there are tons of dark suits hanging everywhere, looking like rows of men at a funeral. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Respectfully, they pulled over to let the funeral procession pass. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Many people in the county turned out for Roan’s funeral. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I remember not being allowed to go to the funeral. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z He’d been working in gas stations since the day after his dad’s funeral, when he grabbed a job filling tires. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z When May died, Ob and me had to talk business with the funeral parlor, religion with the preacher, and make small talk with dozens of relatives and people we’d hardly ever seen before. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z Later, I wrote about it to Charlie: As I thanked my neighbors at the end of the day, I felt as if I was at a funeral. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z It was the respectful way he sat with the grieving when he was on duty at funerals. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She comforts those flying home alone for funerals, sadness seeping from every pore. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “We waited for him to return from the North and he did not return, so we had a funeral. We buried an empty coffin.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It was odd to him that there wouldn’t be a funeral, but when Dad showed him the spot in G’ma’s will where she requested for things to be this way, Scoob didn’t ask questions. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z “I heard on the radio that there’s a way to donate and send money to the family to help pay for his funeral,” I tell her. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Fern was five when we had come down for the funerals. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Fourteen minutes after retrofire, Glenns voice suddenly reappeared, sounding shockingly calm for a man who just minutes before was preparing himself to die in a flying funeral pyre. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z But his mother persists, reminding him, the next time they speak, that her parents had come to his father’s funeral, that it was the least he could do. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Inside, the rooms were almost empty—a large, once elegant country house stripped of all but a few mats, an altar in one comer of the first room, a funeral urn. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Several weeks after the funeral, a man who’d been arrested in Kansas for check forgery sent a letter to Sheriff Freas claiming that he had information concerning Anna’s murder. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Here’s the order of events on the day of the funeral: One: Visitation at the funeral home for an hour before the funeral service. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z But after that money came, and my mother had paid out a lot of it for the funeral and expenses, she began going into town and returning very upset. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z On her way out, she paused, nailed me with some real killer eye contact, and said that personally she’d had enough of funerals for a while and was thinking about pouring herself a double. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I had ordered the steak, which, bowing to the same minimalist fashion, is served without the bone, the thin slices of beef stacked to resemble a funeral pyre. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z We hastened down to the Transkei, arriving the day after the regent’s funeral. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Witches knew that many footprints meant a funeral, and they stole bodies for their own evil purposes. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I came up to Sam Hamilton’s funeral,” he said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z If it was my dad’s funeral, maybe it would’ve been a different story. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Mass funerals for the victims of state violence became national rallying points. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The one, in fact, I wore to her grandmother’s funeral. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He had been buried without funeral or rite in the Cook County Cemetery at Dunning, amid the mad and the unknown dead. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Rowan asked, having never been to a funeral. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z It was the lament sung at a funeral—a death song. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s trying to stay away from everyone, especially his sister Anna, who came home for the funeral with her children and a nanny and is staying on for a while. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Then he pours it out in two mugs and serves us each a piece of the blackberry pie Gloria brought after the funeral. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z He was still wearing the funeral suit, almost a week later. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “Have you been doing this since the funeral?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z It was the driver, the man he had seen at the funeral. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z I wondered if the reason he was always so smartly dressed was in preparation to endure with dignity whatever news assailed him, perhaps even to attend a funeral at a moment’s notice. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Francie recited passages she knew by heart—Portia’s speech, Marc Antony’s funeral oration, “Tomorrow and tomorrow”—the obvious things that are remembered from Shakespeare. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Upstairs, the funeral home was pretty much the same as downstairs, except much darker and no tables. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She paused a moment, then said: 'The funeral is to take place tomorrow. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “Marbles after the funeral, Peach Pie,” Aunt Goldie said as she left the kitchen, pushing Peach in front of her. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She is awfully skinny, Violet; fifty, but still good looking when she broke up the funeral. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z At exactly twelve noon, I pulled out my blue suit from the closet, the suit that I had worn to Mike Costello’s funeral. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “How many days do you desire to make his funeral?” he asked. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t want any more bad stuff to happen, especially not at the funeral.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We strolled on by the funeral home, like we’d done a thousand times before, but today one unusual thing did happen. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z They throw up a mound for the funeral pyre, for whatever arms or legs or heads my haste has left behind. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole population of the neighborhood turned out for a long, trailing funeral which went on for hours and was in effect an indignation meeting. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Billy and Valencia went to sleep nestled like spoons, and Billy traveled in time back to the train ride he had taken in 1944—from maneuvers in South Carolina to his father’s funeral in Ilium. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Ben said a man who truly mastered Heart of Stone could go to his sister’s funeral without ever shedding a tear. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The kiss of wildfire turned ptond drips into funeral pyres and men into living torches. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When they stopped for supplies, Boseman was distracted by a funeral procession rounding the corner and she made it a couple of yards before a boy tripped her. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Marina Raskova was given the Soviet Union’s first state funeral of the war, with Moscow city and Soviet state officials in attendance, a thundering salute of guns, and an air force flyover. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z No man handled a ship better than he did in a high wind and sea, so Menelaos put down his longing to get on, and landed to give this man full honor in funeral. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, my mother had to plan his funeral. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z It didn’t amount to much, though, and it was touch and go whether she’d have a decent funeral until Ruth walked down to Sonny’s Shop and stared at Macon without blinking. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z But I was to leam later that Mr. Muhammad’s teaching about death and the Muslim funeral service was in drastic contradiction to what Islam taught in the East. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z By 5:00 Wednesday evening, the funeral train arrived in Washington. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Shadow had figured out within the first few minutes of meeting Mr. Ibis that his expected part in any conversation with the funeral director was to say as little as possible. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “See, I didn’t want to miss my own funeral.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Parked vans with big antennae mounted on top, stretching around the corner toward the church where the funeral will be held this afternoon. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z What happened, while Granny was on her deathbed, Mama got up a black outfit for Mary Toy to wear to the funeral—black taffeta dress, black stockings, black slippers, and a little black bonnet. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z King Lords only show up at King Lord funerals. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z But he looked more like a horse going to a funeral than a long-lost captive returning to home and freedom. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z We drove by the house fifty times the week of her funeral, and one time we stopped the car and Mom got out and talked to a person walking down the sidewalk. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “A funeral isn’t very gay, but when it gets rained on—that’s really mournful.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The good part of this is that since I was there when Big Joe was first talking about his funeral I was going to get to ride in one of the limousines. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Because a person should never show vanity in the presence of death, Lefty stopped shaving and by the day of the funeral had grown nearly a full beard. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The funeral service for Anna began at the church. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z One hot summer day when Popo was already very sick, we stood outside watching a village funeral procession marching by our courtyard. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Right after Gran’s funeral was when Deputy Collins came to our house, searching for who-knows-what. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z As I write the final words of this story, I’ve not seen my parents in years, since my grandmother’s funeral. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Wishing the dragonfly that’d come to the funeral would fly right up to me and rest on my hand, instead of all the mosquitoes and gnats trying to cover me, getting stuck to my sweat. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z Returning from the funeral, my brother, sisters, and I half expected to find some vaguely familiar Sharon Two standing at the kitchen counter and working the puzzle in TV Guide. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z After Henrietta’s funeral, cousins came from Clover and all over Turner Station to help cook for her family and care for the babies. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The steam engine Nashville that would pull the Lincoln funeral train from Washington, D.C., to Springfield, Illinois. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z They had not been able to hold a funeral for Moody, because Bill and Lupin had failed to recover his body. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “I know, because when I was at his funeral, he came in and visited and landed on the casket. I know that doesn’t sound like much, but I still knew. I knew it was him.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z At Uncle Edisto’s funeral, Peach had sobbed so much, Aunt Goldie had to take him out of the room as he gagged on his tears. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Who said you had to wear all black to a funeral, I thought as I looked down at my blue jeans and green and brown Nikes. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “You know I hate funerals—they depress me.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z When the Warden tried to buy gasoline for the Viking funeral, a man on the docks talked him out of the idea. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z A day after the Evers funeral, Miss Leefolt’s mama stop by for a visit. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I didn’t see her lips so much as move at Missy’s funeral. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t sure, but I knew this was the first funeral I had been to where I didn’t find what I was looking for. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z They fell in line behind Cap and the coaches, like mourners in a funeral procession. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Right in front of her, he said he didn’t want no funeral when he died. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I tucked a handkerchief into one of the big pockets of my funeral dress, just in case I needed it later. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Koly, how I have missed you. There is no time now, but tonight after the funeral we’ll talk the sun up.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “No. But I would think it was strange if you didn’t come to Aunt Florentine’s funeral—you were a member of our family to her!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Mom rambled on about the funeral and Dad flying across the country. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z At Sophie Mol’s funeral and in the days before Estha was Returned, they saw her swollen eyes, and with the self-centeredness of children, held themselves wholly culpable for her grief. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z This time there was no money for a funeral in Varanasi. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z It was the first burial and the best-attended one that was ever seen in the town, only surpassed, a century later, by Big Mama's funeral carnival. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “I was thinking about coming to see you and your dad after the funeral. But I didn’t know if I should. How’s his foot?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Afraid because I don’t want my own funeral to be that forlorn and empty I want words at my funeral. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z At Natasha’s funeral, her momma passed out when she saw her in the casket. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z She pecked at Pan’s knee and hummed something that sounded like a funeral dirge. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z What had struck him more was the funeral of a soldier he witnessed soon afterward. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course he would be at the funeral. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It had been six months since the funeral, and the loss of Aunt Queen still cut him like a sharp, jagged knife. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We pulled into the parking lot of the funeral home. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z From his sun-chariot he shot fiery arrows down upon the Greek Army, and men sickened and died so that the funeral pyres were burning continually. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z When she was gone he was overwhelmed with grief and decreed that she should have the most magnificent of funerals. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a formality to it, like a funeral without the sadness. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z And it was the first time I saw them after the funeral. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z When they arrived at the funeral home, they stood outside for a moment, gathering their strength to go inside. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Mr. Ray said it’s always when people die that we start thinking about the wrong things we did to them, and that reunerals were the funerals where the guilty came to apologize. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Joe’s funeral was the finest thing Orange County had ever seen with Negro eyes. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z The only thing is, he didn’t say anything about the funeral, and I thought that that was a glaring omission in his summation. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z This was going to be another happy funeral, and usually at happy funerals it was hard to find the person hurting the most. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She hadn’t seen her father in four days because of the funeral rites. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z I’m certain the message is for Brian, who I haven’t seen since Mom’s funeral, and who, as far as I know, hasn’t been back to Lost Cove since his mother moved away. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “I haven’t heard anything new from Wayne. I did hear from Dolly that Luis’s funeral is going to be on Thursday at noon.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good. Because it’s a little like a funeral in there.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z I took different scraps of fabric from her grandmother’s old handkerchiefs and ripped up an extra copy I had of the funeral program to make the background. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He asked me a few questions, then stalked off to the funeral parlor. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The funeral two days later was an extravaganza of mourning. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z There was an outdoor funeral the next day. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The vigil is done, the funeral is done, the people have all marched in protest. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Michael’s funeral was strange because his father didn’t cry. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z He would be lowered into the ground in a casket I could barely afford, even though I had instructed the funeral home to use the most inexpensive one they could. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I could not escape a feeling that this was my own funeral, and you do not cry in that case. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Working at the funeral home was the best thing I had going for me. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “So what about Grams’s funeral? I mean, I know you were there to work, but, were you there!” she asked. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Except for the funerals I can’t say I remember my great-aunt and great-grandmother being under the same roof or together under the same piece of sky. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z A funeral director who had been recommended by the lawyer. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z And I remember he said how there wasn’t going to be any school the next day, so all the Holcomb kids could go to the funeral. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Kalinda might as well be speaking at a funeral, she sounds so serious. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The man from the funeral home pushed down the top of his black leather glove to expose his watch. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked like he was dressed for a colonial occupation of Panama, not a funeral. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z He gave his hateful mother and her soft man a tomb together, and proclaimed the funeral day a festal day for all the Argive people. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I collect this and other monies to bring to his mother, who asked at the funeral that they receive no more from us. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The funeral did what funerals are supposed to do: it gave us no time to dwell on our feelings. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The opening words of Antony’s funeral oration in Julius Caesar are, covertly, an ethos appeal par excellence: a positioning of the speaker with relation to the crowd. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Actually, I’d only seen my grandma like two times since my pop died and we all went to his military funeral together. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Marcos accepted their bouquets and joked that they might as well hold on to them and wait for him to crash, so they could take them directly to his funeral. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The Poet’s funeral had turned into the symbolic burial of freedom. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone was surprised when Grandpa Sorenson showed up at the funeral. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Gachet arrives for the funeral carrying a magnificent bunch of sunflowers. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “It was about a funeral for a great French chef.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He wondered if she were back in the library or in Millsburg at one of the funeral parlors. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z After a funeral, the mourners all go to the house of the surviving family to eat. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z For, as she suspected, standing next to the emperor in white funeral robes was Lady Meng. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z It looked so strange, because Daddy never sat during a funeral. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z At the funeral home, I am sure that this is all just a bad dream. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z A flu epidemic hit in 1919, filling up the only funeral home in town, which was part of the hardware store. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I figured it was my mom who’d offered him a lift, knowing there was no way his own mother would crawl out of her boozy swamp just to take her son to some kid’s funeral. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Did I ever tell you that Lola didn’t want me to go to Michael’s funeral?” she says. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z This is no longer a battle, it’s your funeral, boo. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Sorrowfully they cast loose the funeral boat: there Boromir lay, restful, peaceful, gliding upon the bosom of the flowing water. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It’s just like the scent of Doña Rosa’s funeral, where it was wall-to-wall with stinky carnation wreaths all over the place. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Day wanted Henrietta to be presentable for the funeral, so he’d only given permission for a partial autopsy, which meant no incision into her chest and no removal of her limbs or head. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I had the feeling he was dressed for a funeral. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Hank Williams’s wife invited the black community to attend since so many of us liked his music, but Mom wouldn’t let me go because the funeral was segregated. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z “Then why do you look like you’re going to a funeral instead of your friend’s wedding?” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “I have nothing I’m gunning to do. I had my funeral and that didn’t exactly go as planned. Not really expecting a do-over, though.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z So the funeral itself would be in nature. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother thinks she conceived me when she partied the night of her mother’s funeral. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z But on that day, with all of you at a funeral, I began thinking of my own. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z I tried to imagine what his funeral was like. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Bunch Snowberger; wise in Most Things Funereal, said, “We cannot have a dog at funerals and we’ve nowhere to put him this afternoon.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Twenty-nine hours ago, I attended my brother’s funeral. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z She later framed the cherished relic with dried flowers that had decorated Abraham Lincoln’s coffin at the White House funeral. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z At the funeral we'd sat up front and let everyone give us hugs and pats on the backs and sorry looks without even flinching. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z There was no missing dinner on a funeral day—it just wasn’t done. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “He’s in Puerto Rico for my grandmother’s funeral. But he should be back on Saturday. I’ll tell him as soon as he gets home.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z What wasn’t cool was picking Fang up on the way to the funeral. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z When the Sisters of the Star arrived after her mother’s funeral and offered her a place in their novitiate, Ethyne hesitated only for a moment. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The only catch was, he only wanted the play to be seen at his own funeral. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Father walked in one of these funeral processions. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z “By the way, will you speak at my funeral?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z As everyone talked about Kerry, the mood in the car was fizzy and fun, like we were going to the circus, not a funeral. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z After a long night of difficult dreams he couldn’t quite remember in the morning, Joseph and Frankie prepared for Albert’s funeral, which they’d been planning together for days. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Neeley wore the black suit he got for his father’s funeral. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “You work for the funeral home?” she asked. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z In his dark business suits, he looked nice but easily forgettable, like somebody’s nephew at a funeral. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Florida Taylor’s funeral in June came on the heels of our final exams. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Knew too where the funeral was going on, although it could not have been but one of two places, come to think of it. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “But we ain’t got much money, especially with Gran’s funeral and all.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “At the beginning of the funeral and again at the end. You are going to sing the same song both times.” Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z It was not deja vu, for at the time he had experienced no sensation of ever having seen a naked man in a tree at Snowden’s funeral before. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z All the same, breaking Albus’s nose at the funeral was not decent. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Ishmael went back to San Piedro for the funeral and to tie up his father’s business affairs; he stayed to run his father’s paper. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She needed something to wear to the funeral. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He was to be a pallbearer at the funeral. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Then, another lady came in carrying a bag of those can-candle things that we always use at the funerals to keep the food warm. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I had no idea funeral homes made so much money. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Tidings saluted Mama and took off toward the funeral home garage. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z If I die, there will be no body to mark me, no funeral to attend, no burial. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z I went to Hadiya's funeral because it felt like the right thing to do. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Lady Isobel came down from her bedroom dressed in black, a veil covering her face, and announced that the funeral would take place the next day in the church at noon. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And why had he chosen my grandmother’s funeral for his confession? The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z He went back to work the day after the funeral, which most folks thought not fitting. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z This hour I have gone to the east side of the island with Charles and Bono to watch the celebration of the funeral games; three were to be buried. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “How much would you charge for a simple funeral?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z At dawn the funeral drums begin, and soon after our friends and neighbours come. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve seen them lying on their funeral beds covered in flowers, being wheeled down the street by their families on the way to cremation. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I sat in the back seat on the way to my friend’s funeral, staring out the window as if I’d never seen the streets of Stokum before. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He arranged Donald’s funeral on the hottest day of the year; they thought she fainted from sadness when it was just the barbaric humidity. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z And even supposing he somehow managed to cross the desert, there would still be the Cusp to confront: the mountain of white glass said in legend to be the funeral pyre of demons. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The last time we held hands was at my uncle’s funeral, as my father cried. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Before the funeral services begin, the police show up and handcuff you. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Ellis died on November 3, 2005, a memorial service was held for family members at a local funeral home. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Who did the Cossacks need to go to if they wanted to open their churches for a christening service or for a marriage or a funeral? The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z My Sunday school shoes pinched my feet, and I’d forgotten how hot my funeral dress could be on a warm afternoon. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z But on November 5, exactly eleven years to the day after William’s funeral, a small crowd of family and friends gathered for a memorial service. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z At his uncle’s funeral, he notices a shy girl with cascading curls of brown hair. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z They carried her to the funeral pyre, and they placed her body beside Balder’s. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Ruth May is the type to wear rolled-up Blue Bell jeans to her own funeral, and the twins too, they’ve never cared a hoot what they looked like. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She said pleasantly, “Tell me, did your mother have a nice funeral?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Nel went to the funeral parlor, but was so shocked by the closed coffin she stayed only a few minutes. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z You could see the abandoned funeral chapel, iron doors padlocked, ivy on the sides of the spire, a small tree growing out of the guttering at roof level. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “You boys are crazy with grief. Kitty had two sons, and I know it because we talked all the time. Why are you trying to confuse me on the day of her funeral?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z One hundred and seventy islanders turned out for Arthur’s funeral, which was held on a warm, cloudless day in June at the San Piedro Memorial Cemetery. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Way at the back of the church, somebody went floating by in a flying-trapeze kind of outfit, which is also not the kind of thing you should wear to a funeral. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z My father was an unofficial priest and presided over ritual slaughtering of goats and calves and officiated at local traditional rites concerning planting, harvest, birth, marriage, initiation ceremonies, and funerals. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z This is the type of person Lucas was—driving the family of the deceased to and from funerals without ever being asked. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z When I sat in the pews, I remembered the times that Mom and I came here together, but I bet Dad mostly thought about her funeral. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Anyway, after school, I caught the bus to the funeral home. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z On his feet were cheap, low-cut civilian shoes which he had bought for his father’s funeral. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The Reverend forbade us to observe any ritual over which he was not asked to preside, but twice, at night, I slipped out to spy on the funerals. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z After Southside’s funeral, my mother’s enormous family piled into his snug little home, along with a smattering of friends and neighbors. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I wasn’t going to go to work because I planned on attending Bodega’s funeral later on that day. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z His parents called around noon to say the funeral would be in five days, on Saturday. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z People stayed clear of funerals, doctors, and ministers. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z At the funeral a lot of grown-ups cried but I don’t know why. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Daddy spoke in his best funeral director voice. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Standing there, they all looked alike: too much weight in the front—for that matter, too much weight in the behind—and dressed for a deacon’s funeral. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z A few close friends hear the news too late to come in time for the funeral. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Hard to believe it had been only six weeks since he’d left his grandmother’s house—six weeks since his mom’s funeral. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I think because we had never been able to have a funeral, to visit her grave, to mourn her properly, it never became real to me. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z It was like he wanted to know why I had on the suit I wore to Mom’s funeral, but he didn’t really want to know. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She wore comfortable, baggy clothes, even at a funeral. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Waiting for the number one tram on a wide street busy with traffic, I said to Augustus, “The suit you wear to funerals, I assume?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z There was a funeral service for her in the church. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He was going to take part of that eighteen thousand dollars and throw himself a funeral the way some people throw a party. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Her real name was Stella Huffer and her father owned the funeral parlor, but she made everyone call her Bunny. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z At his sparsely attended funeral, Felicia howls like a lonely she-wolf. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “We must make a funeral wreath for the queen.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Camilla took Charles down to Virginia the day of Henry’s funeral. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Not unless I wanted the next funeral I went to to be my own. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I didn’t learn about those things until after the funeral. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z All I cared about was breaking free and going to the funeral home to help Mr. Ray. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Sometimes the process of a funeral and burial and doing things like putting wreaths on grave sites help give Closure. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z "Okay, okay . . . But what y'all doing looking like you at a funeral? Don't you know this is the Golden Day?" she staggered toward me, belching elegantly and reeling. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Papa’s funeral was no time for us to express our selfish childishness, our American rebelliousness. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z She married young and went away and thereafter was seen only at funerals. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Billy had to miss his wife’s funeral because he was still so sick. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z When the funeral was over, the president’s body would be placed aboard a special train that could carry him home to Springfield. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever Eleanor wore black, her mom said that she looked like she was going to a funeral—in a coffin. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z I only discovered the truth about my mother at her funeral. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Folks were furious when Violet broke up the funeral, but I can’t believe they were surprised. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She remembered clearly the urine running down and into her stockings until she learned how to squat properly; the disgust on the face of the dead woman and the sound of the funeral drums. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “How can I be in party mood and funeral mood at the same time?” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “You understand now, why I couldn’t tell you?” he said as we headed to the next funeral—Brendan Wilson, a firefighter who died while saving a family. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The funerals are drying up as slowly as the puddles. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z When I was a baby, we all went to Bayamón, Puerto Rico, for my grandmother's funeral. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z There were only two funerals scheduled for that day, Big Joe’s in the afternoon and a funeral for somebody named Calderone later that night. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z At Uncle Edisto’s funeral, Peach had fainted into the punch bowl, and that was just for starters. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z At this hour, only a few members of the burial society remained in the building to take care of administrative duties and funeral arrangements. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I ask, because we’ve been invited to parties before—birthdays, weddings, funerals, graduations. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Then I missed my mother's funeral because I was on business in Japan, and I didn't think she would want me there after the letter she sent after Dad's funeral. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Each funeral was a funeral for all of us. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z The heavy weight of four muted funerals weighed on her head, funerals based not on physical bodies but on her words. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But then, next thing we knew, the little house right down the road from us turned up with a funeral arch made of braided palm fronds and flowers and sad, sad faces in the yard. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The night after the funeral Nat walked alone out on the wharf. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandpa nodded grimly, and the funeral was over. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z On the fortieth day after the funeral, another church ceremony was held, after which everyone returned to Hurlbut Street. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In those days Greek immigrants were beginning to use funeral parlors, but Sourmelina insisted that the viewing be held at home. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z One by one, they set her afire, and in this way, Elowen’s prisoners built her funeral pyre. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She stared at the hearth like it was her own funeral pyre. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z A wake was held by those few who were brave enough to attend, along with journalists from all over the world who came to cover his funeral. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s what he liked to say, before he sat at the funeral and let all the water in his body and in the air and on the planet pour out of him. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z Kanei came back and sat with us on the stools that were provided for the funeral service, which only we attended, along with the man on whose verandah Saidu had left us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z My father was so convinced I would die that he started thinking about my funeral. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “There was a little mishap at the funeral,” said Reverend Obertask. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “When I...when I die, Comfort, will you come to my funeral?” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “I just think that funerals are a lot like death itself. You can have your wishes, your plans, but at the end of the day, it’s out of your control.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I could bet this wasn’t their first funeral, and it wouldn’t be their last, and that Andre’s was the next face painted on a neighborhood wall, or the next RIP tattoo. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Frank didn’t remember much about the funeral itself. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z We wrestled the wagon through the side door of the funeral home and made our way down the cool, quiet hallway. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The residents usually weren’t allowed to attend funerals. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z October 28, the day I turned seventeen, was now a funeral day. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z And though this wasn’t a sad funeral, what Ola was feeling, nobody else could. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Owning a barbershop or a funeral home, working in the post office, or riding the rails as a Pullman porter— those were good black jobs. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “Your funeral. I’ll look in tomorrow. She’ll sleep. Give her water and warm soup through the tube if she wants it.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I saw her in the hallways at school, and at my mother’s false funeral, and walking the sidewalks in the Abnegation sector. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z My mother, who has now lost six of her seven sisters in Ville Rose and has never had the strength to return for their funerals. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z In case you all aint noticed, the first three letters of the word funeral spells FUN. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z On the day of the funeral, so those of you who attended wouldn’t miss any work, the rest of us did nothing. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z She also thought that she was head of the family, since she had had to manage her mother’s funeral, since she had to get a housekeeper for Billy, and all that. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z We could not play funeral music for Grandma. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Tappers freshman boys were lined up in the common room, excited, terrified, maybe looking a little too much like they were going to a funeral instead of getting ready to go pick up their dates. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The Strangling Figs shook and seemed to sigh deeply, as if saying, “It’s your funeral,” before moving aside and letting them in. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z My grandfather has died, and I’m about to go to my first funeral. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Immediately after the funeral, Lincoln’s body was escorted by a military guard through the streets of Washington. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z She wondered what kind of funeral she would have: old Mrs. Duff would sit up all night and make people sign a book. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Then the funeral was accepted by Bishop Alvin A. Childs for the Faith Temple, Church of God in Christ located at 147th Street and Amsterdam Avenue. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z To another question he replied that he had been surprised by my calm the day of the funeral. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z “There’s not much we can do until after the funeral. Vatete's sisters are supposed to prepare the body, but for all we know they’re dead, too.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We did not have to call the funeral home. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He wore a dark suit and aviator sunglasses and looked as if he were either coming from a funeral or an elite member of the Secret Service. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Richard decided not to have a funeral for his mother, and Mrs. Caruthers was placed in the family tomb with a minimum of ceremony. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z A son who does not even go to his own uhmma’s funeral. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z An image of the funeral cars pulling away from the church, gliding away into the gently falling snowflakes. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There certainly were a lot of people in her funeral march. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I was crying on the bus on the way home from the funeral. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z At the funeral, my uncle Vin escorted us to the mahogany casket in the front of the church to have our final viewing of the body. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “We didn’t speak at Jesse’s funeral—I was too bound up in my own grief to be concerned with yours. I hope you can forgive me.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z As the line of cars snaked behind me like some kind of unwilling funeral procession, I found myself talking out loud to her. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z He had never attended a funeral before; there had been nobody to bury when Sirius had died. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I have friends who wouldn’t think of allowing their children to attend a funeral for fear of inflicting traumatic scars. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn't come back for his funeral because I'd made my mind up to never go home again...and because he never understood my need to move away, and took it as a personal affront. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z When I got close to the funeral home, I noticed Robbie was sitting on the stoop, trying to light a cigarette. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I pretended I was holding a bugle and started playing that “Day Is Done . . .” song that they play at funerals. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z At the funeral parlor a few days after, I knelt with my relatives during the rosary. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They were all upbeat, and, luckily, it was one of the few times a funeral actually had a good choir. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z After the battle, before the smoke had died from Hardred's funeral pyre, the Geats sent again to Beowulf, asking him if he would be king. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z And I want one of those green funerals where they bury you in the ground under a tree. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I believe that she had as large a funeral as Chicago has seen. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I witnessed and was sometimes invited to join christening and baptism parties, communion and wedding lunches, graduation dinners, wakes and funeral receptions. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z She had even worn it to her brother’s funeral, where it was ripped from her head by her more alert and slightly younger sister-in-law. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I’m at my own funeral, looking up from my grave at a rectangle of gray sky. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “I tried to speak with you at Herr Thiessen’s funeral, but you left before I could find you, and then you took the circus across the ocean. You’ve been avoiding me.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I had never been to a funeral, either. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She had noticed them on the kitchen shelf when she came home from the funeral and had put them in her breast pocket. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z "In India, only a son can perform funeral rites for his father." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “The funeral is at noon tomorrow,” she said. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “I sent Ifeoma money for the funeral. I gave her all she needed,” Papa said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z We’ve been talking about what happened after Ben’s funeral, after I ran off. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Undertakers charged the Osage exorbitant rates for a funeral, trying to gouge them, and this was no exception. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Cleopatra returned to her palace to make the necessary preparations tor the funeral rites. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z But there’s nobody who has been to more than five funerals. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z “That’s unfortunate. I’m afraid I don’t have time to talk right now. There are two funerals today, and I have Kuna watching over a woman in the other room when he should be digging graves.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “If she looks that good, maybe we ought to put her on display in the drive-by window at the funeral home.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z If I told her that I worked for the funeral home, then I would be dude who worked with dead people, which wouldn’t be a bad thing—if I wasn’t a teenager. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He could pick them up personally, at the funeral home the hospital suggests, or have them sent, along with the death certificate, directly to Pemberton Road. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “I tried to ask his parents at the funeral, but they wouldn’t speak to me.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Another day, the day before the funeral, Bobby and I were sitting by the railroad tracks. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z We will ourselves to be small and invisible as we risk approaching the vicinity of the funeral. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. Died drunk, probably. We never saw him again. He didn’t come to Mama’s funeral.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Lying on my bed in the heavy afterglow of my friends funeral, you might guess I’d be thinking about Stan, but I wasn’t. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z But when they said it would be best if she didn’t attend the funeral—“We just don’t want anyone getting the wrong idea,” her mother had put it—Mia gave in. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Stop by for some tea soon, will you? I’ve barely seen you since, well, the funeral. What is it, six weeks now? Hard to believe it. It feels like yesterday.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z A man from the funeral home opened up the back of the hearse and hurried into the church against the flow. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z General Gage had ordered that no bells were to be rung for funerals, for fear the rebels should know how sickly lay the city. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “Not unless he gave her husband a funeral that buried him in the sea.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Miss Lulu turned and looked at Bernice and said, “There is a funeral on Friday. Hazel Elkhorn. I am playing the organ. I am sure that the Elkhorn family would like someone to sing.” Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Not a lot of people went to the funeral. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z She whispered what some of the things were, and we giggled until Sass poked her head into our room to shame us, reminding us that a funeral had taken place that day. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I stared at the dimly lighted car dashboard and saw him attending an aunt’s funeral, having Sunday dinner with his parents, doing some kindness for a friend—for he was kind. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I always say, there’s nothing like fresh hot cake and cold milk to make a body feel better on a funeral day. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z At first Old Man Turner, who ran the place, was a little put out, but then he saw where live people having funerals would greatly increase his business and he said okay. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z So I asked her, “Would it help to have dry clothes? I could lend you my last year’s funeral dress.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The smell of the funeral pyre seemed to be burned into her nostrils. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I mean, I could have, but then I might not have been able to go to the funeral, which was the whole point of me wearing a suit. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Probably same thing as Roof. Except I wouldn’t invite my ex-girlfriend whose boyfriend I just jumped to my funeral.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z You have a funeral tomorrow and the lovely children waiting for you. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The air was battered by funeral parlor fans, and ladies were picking over long tables. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The one time she wore a hat was to Jem’s funeral. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z A pallbearer walked over to the funeral man. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I had not spoken to Henry since the funeral nor even seen him. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Up until then I had never been particularly disturbed about seeing a corpse—even when I’d have to sit for an hour or so at a funeral parlor when some relative had died. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z The lights were dimmed, which was very different from the bright lights in the church at my mothers funeral. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The car that had taken them to the funeral was still waiting, but they preferred the open air. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Last week, when I came back to the lobby, I found Mom telling Marisol about how many funerals she’s been to. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I think people felt like the dead person was more important because a white person had come to the funeral. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Halliday appears to have digitally re-created the funeral parlor set and then inserted himself into it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z But like the funeral director and the car salesman and the life- insurance company, the real-estate agent has also seen her advantage eroded by the Internet. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z It made me sad that the girls from Lynn’s class didn’t show up for the funeral. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Just days ago I was remembering her funeral. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Day after day, week after week, funeral after funeral, I searched for that person—almost always sitting in the front—and watched them deal. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The following Wednesday she wore a red dress and lots of perfume and her brightest big-mouth smile to the ball park for Grandpa’s funeral party. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z After the funeral, Mom arranged to bring Grandpa Silas back to Texas with us, because she couldn’t bear to leave him alone in Belize. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He explained that the entire funeral would just be a few of Ms. Brown’s favorite songs, and a few words from her granddaughter, Love. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Mr. Ray was standing outside the funeral home sipping coffee from a bodega cup when I got there. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The funeral, such as it was, took place on the third day of the New Year. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt that Dobby deserved just as grand a funeral, and yet here the elf lay between bushes in a roughly dug hole. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The funeral service for Joseph was three days later. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z “Taps” is also played at funerals, a way of paying homage to lost comrades. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z After the funeral, I'd thought there could be no deeper low. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Relo children do not know a hometown; their parents do not know where their funerals will be. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “That funeral wasn’t about celebrating Kerry’s life,” Mom growled, yanking at her scarf. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She was saving it up for my Epiphany present, but she saw me so upset at PapS’s funeral, she thought it would help me most now. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “The picture show, you know. Where this mulatto girl hates her mother cause she is black and ugly but then cries at the funeral. It was real sad. Everybody cries in it. Claudette Colbert too.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I figured since I was now working at a funeral home, a suit would be a better look than jeans and Nikes. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z When he died in 1844, forty thousand people viewed the coffin, and the funeral cortege stretched for two miles. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Doing her duty, Miss Love gave her an invite the day after the funeral. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I had canceled the arrangements with the funeral parlor and told them instead to prepare the casket for transport. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z There’s the small crucifix on a chain, given to her by Pastor Jane at the funerals. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The limousine from the funeral parlor would be arriving in thirty-five minutes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Both of them were watching the funeral with the same grim faces. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z It is hard to believe it’s been six weeks since the funeral, but whether it’s because the time has gone by slow or fast, I’m not sure. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z There was such a crowd of people that I haven’t seen at any funeral before or since. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been to funerals, but never to anyone’s he knew more than by name. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The intrepid traveler was laid to rest in a grandiose funeral. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I mean, I had been in his funeral home, but never his home home, even though he lived right across the street from me. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Coming towards us there’s a small procession, a funeral: three women, each with a black transparent veil thrown over her headdress. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He put on his best frock-coat, the one he kept for weddings and funerals. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Between only one job interview this summer and his childhood friend’s funeral, I was afraid I’d never see him laugh again. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “At his funeral, I overheard some people referring to him as ‘Starfish.’ Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Pastor Weeks closed his Bible, and the funeral was over. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The funeral must have been very difficult, she says. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The funeral was arranged to reflect the family’s Osage and Catholic traditions. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Then I stood on my cabbageroses carpet in my new funeral dress, in my bare feet, surrounded by my things. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z A few of my white classmates have been to a grandparent’s funeral. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Nancy might be called home at any time for her father’s funeral. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was 6:15 p.m. when a cordon of policemen arrived flanking Sister Betty and four close relatives and friends who entered the funeral home in a glare of flashbulbs. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Wasn’t ever on a train but once, when he went to Dr. Mozely’s funeral in Athens. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z And on a cold Sunday afternoon, he was joined in his home by a small group of friends and family for a “living funeral.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Now here I was, by myself, coming back from being a pallbearer at a funeral of a girl around my age who had no idea she was going to go. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z They all came to my grandfather’s funeral, but while I loved their warmth and sympathy, it also felt very surreal. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Five months after the funeral, I lifted myself up out a bed. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He thought back to the van he had seen outside his house on the day of the funeral. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z A funeral for one of the victims of their last attack was being held in a nearby building. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z For some weird reason they couldn’t bring his body home for a funeral—I knew this because I’d seen the paperwork. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He put his hand on Father’s arm and led him back toward the funeral. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z After looking at her report card, Lettie Taylor slouched in her seat and whispered to Ruthanne, “Charlotte better air out her black dress for a funeral, because my mama's gonna kill me.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z After Jem’s funeral, they were in the kitchen cleaning up the remains of the tribal banquets that are a part of dying in Maycomb. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z We threw rice at weddings, we laid wreaths at funerals. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The day of the funeral she asked me to drive into Centreville with her to help with the grocery shopping and errands. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z “I’ll tell you what I don’t want at my funeral,” says Johnny. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z After his mother’s funeral, Lorena’s dad took the bus from Guerrero all the way to the Arizona border, where he met a man from his hometown who everyone had recommended. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z At her request, the funeral would be delayed until the following Saturday, five days away. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It definitely seemed to be a pretty cool funeral from what I could tell. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z For the first time, I thought about my own funeral. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z She didn’t need the name to be afraid or to know who she was: the star of her niece’s funeral. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z So standing there in that bleak and empty garden listening to Ob make May alive again, that seemed to fix something in me that had needed fixing ever since the funeral. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z “The drive-by window is at the white people’s funeral home. They’re the only ones with enough money to fix up something that ridiculous.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The next day, father flew to Atlanta to attend the real funeral service, the one with the coffin and the crowd. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z He had been asked to speak at the burial service, but as it was his rule not to attend funerals he was unable to accept this invitation. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I was pretty sure that the grin meant that he knew I had a thing for these funerals, but he would never say anything about it. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I knew there wasn’t any funerals going on that day, but I still showed up ready to work, just in case something popped up. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Is this what you do, she says, on the day of your brother’s funeral? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The house had been closed up since early this morning when we left for the funeral. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z On and on they went, wailing like paid mourners at a funeral. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z The day of Uncle Edisto’s funeral, we’d had a morning hailstorm and a broken punch bowl, so I was glad to greet the sun. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z About attending the funeral and whether he would make some sort of statement by not paying his final respects. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Crumpled over, shoulders shaking, Violet thought about how she must have looked at the funeral, at what her mission was. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z After the funeral he had taken me and Declaration on our first picnic together. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The night of the funeral, a pickle talked to me inside my head. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z But that wasn’t reason enough for him to go to Nana’s funeral. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z My eyes, going in and out of focus, locked in on the bunch of flowers on the ground—most of which I recognized from the funeral. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Then I shall attend her funeral with heartfelt grief,” he told them. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z All unknowing he was looking at the glow of Dido’s funeral pyre. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But from where she was she could see only clouds, black as funeral suits. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z In accordance with Church law, the funeral was held on a weekday. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z At home, a funeral is a somber occasion. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z On the very same day as the funeral of Charles Waring Darwin, the Linnaean Society fit in an extra meeting. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z After the vote, he went home to her funeral. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Aureliano went and did not come out again even from curiosity when he heard the sound of the solitary funeral ceremonies. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z They will bet on the odd or even number of mourners at a funeral. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Brian could barely look Noah in the eye at Mom’s funeral. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z At the funeral home in Harlem, policemen inspected all packages and floral pieces being delivered, as well as the large handbags of women mourners. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But I had no choice, so I called Ortiz and Dejesus, met them at the precinct, and afterward went to the funeral. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Grandpa had been clean-shaven at the funeral, but now he wore a stubbly white beard. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “And we know y’all are trying to pay for the funeral,” Momma says. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Fernanda was scandalized that she did not understand the relationship of Catholicism with life but only its relationship with death, as if it were not a religion but a compendium of funeral conventions. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z She thought of the women at Chicken Little’s funeral. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z At the Academy she had learned about the appropriate rituals for a funeral, but only from books. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The morning of the funeral I went up to New York to see Meyer Wolfshiem; I couldn't seem to reach him any other way. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “Mr. Ram’s funeral is on the same day.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The funeral director’s wife played some songs on the organ and then Angela sang her heart out; there were real tears running down her face. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “You pick up women at these funerals? That’s why you like this job so much!” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Started with me staying home for one whole week after the funeral. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z But the telephoned bomb-threats which had begun shortly after noon made necessary two evacuations of the funeral home for bomb-squad searches, which proved futile. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I learned these things several weeks later, at her funeral. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “It was just a mistake. She was a mess at Lucy’s funeral, and I got caught up in feeling sorry for her. But it was a terrible reason to go out with her.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z No matter what else happened between my tribe and me, I would always love them for giving me peace on the day of my grandmother’s funeral. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z The last time I wore one was at my sister-in-law’s funeral. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Christmas came about a month after your funeral. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Fewer people came to my father’s funeral than we expected. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The animals slain in the battle were given a solemn funeral. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z In the dream I was at a church, the same church my mom’s funeral was in, except this time the air conditioner was cranking. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Stanton had made her funeral arrangements in advance. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “It’s the funeral, child!” the woman said, as if she should know. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Like Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Anthony had left instructions for her funeral. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He asked me again, “When I die, will you come to my funeral?” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I have a funeral where my ashes are scattered at the tiny beach. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z He helped Kaede assemble the funeral pyre, and then they laid the small, wrapped body on top of it. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Then, I put some of the food from the funeral in the microwave for Chris, which is always an extra reason for him to hang out. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z A funeral was held in lieu of graduation. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The funeral home was barely two blocks away. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z It was called life insurance but it was really burial insurance, to make sure that when the insurance holders died, they would at least have a decent funeral. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I asked permission of the authorities to attend my son’s funeral. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I took care of each of them to the end and gave them a proper funeral too. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Aunt Ruth was waiting for me in my room, her back to the door, new clothes, funeral wear, hung crisp from cheap hangers, in either hand. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Mr. Corcoran has asked me to write to Bunny’s friends at school and extend an invitation to spend the night before the funeral at his house. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z His kitchen had always been a loud place, even in the months after the funeral, and he was glad that his mother kept people in their lives. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He lit the funeral pyre in the middle of the amphitheater, and within seconds the row of shrouds was engulfed in fire, sending smoke and sparks up to the stars. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Why, he wrote to Ifemelu, do our funerals become so quickly about other things that are not about the person who died? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I cut through a block in which there were close to a dozen funeral parlors, each decked out with neon signs, all set up in old brownstone buildings. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He was tired of being shot at and having to attend the funerals of his friends. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “Which one?” she asked, and stared out the window toward the funeral parlor. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Did you have a funeral?” he asked, and then wished he had not. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z At the graveside, at the funeral supper, all the sleepless night. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Didn't even bother to show his face at his own son's funeral. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The funeral was also by order of the will, the hearse and one automobile with the small black man crouched back in a corner. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Francis—with extraordinary difficulty—managed to get in touch with him a couple of days before Henry’s funeral. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z For hours they sat under the acacia tree and discussed the funeral and what should happen with the family. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z He still wore his suit and tie from the funeral. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z "You were his closest friend, so I know you'll want to come to his funeral this afternoon." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z The ceremony contained the full funeral liturgy, omitting only the final portion where the congregation is asked to give the deceased a final kiss. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Feeling like an undertaker’s apprentice in a funeral parlour, I crept downstairs. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z The funeral home smelled of old hardwood, lemon furniture polish, and white lilies and gardenias. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Only Maniac and the man from the funeral home and the six pallbearers and two men off to the side, smoking cigarettes and leaning on a little hole-digging tractor that made Maniac think of something. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, of course. That was a stupid question. Almost as stupid as when one of my dad’s friends asked if I missed my mom two days after her funeral.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She was outraged by Metias’s death—she even arranged for his funeral. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z I gave my order as soberly as I could, and slamming down the door, with an “Aye, aye, mum,” the man made his horse walk, as if going to a funeral. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a list of funerals he’d gotten from the undertakers. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It hung from a broken chain and the wind knocked it against the post with a muffled sound that made it echo like a funeral drum. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z That I was just kind of hanging out watching the funeral like it was a pickup game at the park, or some kind of reality TV show. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z It really made me mad, Grandpa thinking he could buy me like I was Uncle Camp’s funeral. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z What would it matter if he were accused of murder and then executed because he didn’t cry at his mother’s funeral? The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z “That means you got twenty-five dollars coming to you after the funeral is paid.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The funeral took place on the Fourth of July, one of the hottest days of the year. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, if your house is also the funeral home, you never really rest. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I started picturing millions of jerks coming to my funeral and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z The organ music plays on, like a funeral that will not quit. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “It’s a private funeral. We were not invited to attend that funeral.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He comforted Mollie as she threw herself into organizing Anna’s funeral. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z However, during the days the villagers held animal fights there, and sometimes even weddings and funerals. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z “Well, the funeral is first thing tomorrow morning. My mom thinks it’s a good idea that I go out and do something with my friends tomorrow afternoon. ‘Life goes on,’ she said. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And, after Eugene’s funeral, I agreed with her. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z THE funeral was arranged to attract the largest number. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z We were holding the services at the funeral home. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z She remembered faintly the funeral in the yellow church. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Last time I heard that sound was on the morning of the funeral itself as she put on her makeup and pulled curlers from her hair. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z My father took care of all the arrangements that required dealing with the outer world, all the arrangements with the funeral home, and so on. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Looking at the porcelain, Frank felt a twinge of guilt for having destroyed so many pieces the day of the funeral. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z They drove toward the lake over the park’s rough roads at the pace of a funeral cortege and with equal gloom. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The week after my father’s funeral Lelia slept in the room Mitt occupied his last summer, when he decided he was old enough to live by himself in the big house. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, while searching through old newspapers, I found an article in the Pawhuska Daily Capital about Vaughan’s funeral. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Our school was closed for the funeral, and my father and I sat in the kitchen all that day and listened to the radio. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Everyone we knew was planning on going to his funeral, which was being held in the town where he grew up, in the mountains a couple of hours’ drive away. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I mused on the funeral day, the coffin, the hearse, the black train of tenants and servants—few was the number of relatives—the gaping vault, the silent church, the solemn service. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “Nice to see you,” Hickock said with his most charming smile; it was as if he were greeting guests at his own funeral. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Returning to Florida for his father’s funeral, he rummaged through the BlueBird Inn, discovering old books and letters. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Still, the place looks like a big old funeral home. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z One day I watched the nationally televised funeral; a week later I received invitations to teach at community colleges. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone who hadn’t shut down to attend the funeral lined the road, waving small American flags. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z So for the perplexed audiences who first heard it in 1804 and 1805, even the funeral march is denied its thundering climax, collapsing rather than concluding. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Hell, they probably just got done with my funeral. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered if it was better than the food at my mom’s funeral. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z But some of you were there, at his funeral. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z After that all the friends and neighbors filed by—it was still more like a funeral than a wedding party—and shook hands with Grandpa, and either hugged Miss Love or clasped her hand. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z In sound of funeral or of marriage bells; New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe I should. But I can’t be angry with his family. I imagine this funeral was their way of reclaiming their son.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The following day, Anthony was on the train to New York City to attend the private funeral held in Stanton’s apartment. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z While the boy still slept, they built the funeral pyre. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z “How do you think I’d feel if this was your funeral...and it was my fault...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The first is, he was in the funeral business. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She and Call were going down at once and would stay through the funeral. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She ran away from home three days after his funeral. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I had spoken to someone at a funeral home that partnered with the hospital and confirmed yes, we would lay Arturo to rest there. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “Not only fine. She’s strong. She stands on her two feet. She’s a tower of strength. Did you come back to Olive’s house after the funeral?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Many of them were wearing the same shades of orange and blue as Mrs. Childers, but their grim expressions made it seem more like they were headed to a funeral than to a sporting event. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z After the funeral, Amá doesn’t get out of bed for almost two weeks. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The horror that gripped her as she watched its funeral pyre. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He would join his family in Ohio a few days later for the funeral and burial, escorted by his closest college friends. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Two years ago, when old Mr. Mancilli, one of our gym teachers, died of a heart attack, a lot of the kids from school went to the funeral. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I hadn’t cried once since Dad’s death, not even at the funeral. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I’d crossed the wooden walkway over the creek with Pa when we last came down for the Trotter funerals. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z His mother would have been amused about meat being a stolen good, and even by her funeral ending up a brawl about stolen meat. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “This was supposed to be a party, not some kinda funeral.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z I’m not surprised someone so boldly living his End Day had a funeral. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Dr. Darwin died, and Charles arrived at the Mount only after the funeral. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I had the tyack dress from Lucy’s funeral, and my mom agreed to lend me her black satin gloves if I returned them before she had to wear them for the formal wear segment. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z On Monday I follow the funeral to the graveyard on my post office bicycle. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z To make arrangements, as they say in funeral parlors. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z When I was first getting to know her we were in a viewing room at the funeral parlor looking at a new line of cigar-shaped caskets that were called “Time Capsules of the Future.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I tell both of them about seeing the first spot at Gram’s funeral and then the next ones in the dressing room at the mall. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z So by the day of the funeral it looked like there was going to be a big turnout. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d said that when it was time to take care of the funeral arrangements and the repast three years ago, Ma Charles had to step in and handle everything because Miss Trotter wasn’t able. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “Meet you in the back of the funeral parlor. But if you plan on looking at this guy, bring a box of tissues because of your nose problem.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Grandpa, I thought you didn’t like embalmin’ and funerals and all.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “You’re a monster. What kind of person tries to get someone arrested at their own funeral?” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Even though police had banned all gatherings of more than three people, including those of families who wanted to bury their loved ones, hundreds attended Mashudu’s funeral, mostly her schoolmates. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I spent nearly a week in Mqhekezweni after the funeral and it was a time of retrospection and rediscovery. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He had his straw hat across his chest like folks do when a Confederate veteran’s funeral procession passes on its way to the graveyard. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z And for the first time since Moms funeral, I let it out. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Plus I had seen Mr. Huffer’s name on the list of people who had bought 1080, and he threw funeral parlor gunk and dead rodents into his trash cans, which were emptied at the dump. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Sverrisson arranged the funeral and carried it out with strict observance of Bobby’s last directives. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Walowick said he hated weddings and funerals because all of his relatives got together and fought. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I put all my Life Notices into Short, and also my “funeral geography,” as Aunt Florentine called it—notes about who came to each funeral and what folks said and whose food they didn’t eat. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Lingering and paying respects are two different things. I attend the funerals of all the people I glean.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z We took to going to their funerals right regular over the years. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The man had his back to him, but he had no difficulty recognizing the Jesuit priest who had helped officiate at the funeral mass of old Pedro Garcia. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I got off school for more funerals than I could shake a stick at, but I always made up my work. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Despite she had wanted a nice funeral, I knew she wouldn’t expect a boy to walk around with a long face the rest of his life. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Even in funeral clothing, she looked as if she had been carved of ivory, the flower-petal fineness of all her features undiminished by the rough hemp robes. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z On funeral days Mama and Daddy were always so busy. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Lee had already underwritten the funeral and sent a wash basket of groceries to the stricken families. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z And even though I trusted him, did I really want to work at the funeral home with him? The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Things I overheard at Papa’s funeral, when I was much too small to understand: There might not have been a rope, but it was a lynching all the same. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not now. We have...the funeral to think of.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I hid in the down under for days and days and kept the door closed, which is why I missed the funeral and the Fair Gwen going away. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Hercules dined alone, but he understood that Admetus must as a matter of form attend the funeral and the fact did not stand in the way of his enjoying himself. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z As the funeral train left Washington for Cleveland, warships in the Navy Yard fired their guns and bells in the city's churches and schools rang. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z ‘It is like a funeral,’ Cilia whispered, ‘only worse.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z After the funeral, though, the case will be closed, and everything will have a more official feel to it. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z “I felt the same way when I saw you at the funeral.” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z My parents want to go with me to the funeral, but I say no. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z There was also what they called “reunerals”—funerals where people showed up who the rest of the family hadn’t seen in years. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Whenever a Japanese pilot volunteered to become a kamikaze pilot he was given a funeral service before he got into his plane. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z It was almost as bad as the funeral. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The day after my father died, we drove to a South Side funeral parlor—me, my mother, and Craig—to pick out a casket and plan a service. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z And I’ve packed my black suit, and Anne will meet me for the funeral in two days so I have someone to hold my hand. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z When their father dies, they don’t even attend his funeral. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z When he died, his funeral was attended, in the words of one contemporary newspaper account, by “troops of people.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She came to the hospital, to the funeral, to the trial. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Sunday at three o’clock, Camp had him a nice, long regular-type funeral in the Baptist church. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z For me, though, it is not the first movement that carries the killer punch but the funeral march that follows it. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z But I think I've loved you since we met at your mother’s funeral. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not my funeral suit,” he said after a while. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I know you said, after attending Great-uncle Edisto’s funeral, that you would forevermore stop going to funerals, but I hope you’ll make an exception for this one. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “She says that the world is divided into the people who imagine their own funerals and the people who don’t, and that smart and artistic people naturally fall into the former category.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z When the inside part of the funeral was over the undertaker shut the coffin. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When Florence was buried I did not go to the funeral. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I flashed back to the first time I had been in this cemetery, at my father’s funeral, just me and my mom. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z “Nothing. I just don’t know how you can just...go to funerals every day? Like it’s nothing?” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Bernabe asked, his voice trudging down the fifteen miles of telephone wire like a funeral dirge. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But it was also the kind of garment a groom would wear at his wedding as well as his funeral. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She had stayed away from Sula’s funeral and accused Nel of drowning Chicken Little for spite. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Only if I can attend my own funeral, my dear.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Last year, when Katie’s grandpa died and I went to the funeral, her grandma kept saying that her “heart hurt.” P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Are you going to the funeral with me and Mom?” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z It was about this guy, Glendale, who spent his whole life playing different characters on stage, and how when he died, all those characters showed up at his funeral to talk trash about him. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “You two shall present the letter to her family at the funeral.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z A week after die funeral I turned in my new essay at school. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Con’s brown eyes reflected the embers of the funeral pyre. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The scent of fire brings back Maman's funeral and the flames that engulfed her body, smoldering the bed of Belle-roses, tearing first through her silk dresses, and then her skin and body. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She flew home to Kansas and arrived by taxi on Saturday morning at her family’s plot at a graveyard in Wichita just as the funeral service began. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a time when uncles became fathers, mothers lovers, and cousins died and had funerals. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he turned to a funeral home representative: “Now the body is ready for burial.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z To-morrow will see the funeral; and so will end this one more “mystery of the sea.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “You weren’t at the funeral,” I say softly, hoping to hide the accusation in my heart. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Plus, whenever we didn’t have a funeral, Mr. Ray would always find some work for me to do, which was really just a reason to pay me. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “It takes a lot of guts to be as upfront as he is. I meant what I said at Khalil’s funeral, Starr. It was very brave of you to talk to the police.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Mr. Kreuk is running a funeral later; I'm hoping that he won't notice if I don't come back to my desk. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z At the funeral, his brave mother boldly told us that her son accomplished all three of his goals—to get his driver’s license, to graduate from high school, and to go to college. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “The one that kept her from going to the funeral.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z My sister wasn’t able to come to the funeral. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z “You know we couldn’t go to the funeral because we couldn’t get visas, and then the money, of course. Que lástima. We were all very sad. We wanted to be there for the family.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Everyone was laughing, holding their guts and their sides as these actors gave Mr. Price his final wish, and acted out his funeral play, a comedy, at his funeral. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Kaede wanted to stay there forever, with her face buried in Taisin’s hair, but she could still smell the scent of Elowen’s funeral pyre, and she wondered if it would always be with her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The morning after the funeral, she insisted she wouldn’t even want to go now. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He was wearing his brown suit—his only suit, the same one he wore to Afghan weddings and funerals—and the red tie I had bought for his fiftieth birthday that year. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I’ll tell you, it was like no other funeral I had ever been to. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z After that he told me he would be attending the funeral and I thanked him. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z She had not visited the grave since the day of her father’s funeral, though she had passed the cemetery countless times since then. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked at me with the same face he gives people who’ve come to him for funeral service. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Had the naked man in the tree at Snowden’s funeral been merely a hallucination? Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Hell, before I went to Everest, I’d never even been to a funeral. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I did not have any of those things at the funeral. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z They’d talk on and on about the final illness, the dying, the funeral, and especially about the grave being lined with roses. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The only real clues that Aureliano Segundo had when he left to look for her were her unmistakable highland accent and her trade as a weaver of funeral wreaths. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I might have split right then, but I knew the last part of the funeral was going to be okay. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I asked, as together we balanced the buckets and hauled the wagon across the yard to the funeral home. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z That’s where I spent the day of my grandfather’s funeral, sitting on the dryer with my laptop, trying to lose myself in online games. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z She watched intently the funeral procession that came up the street towards the church. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He spoke at each birth, funeral, and wedding, as well as at unexpected special occasions like this. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z After they removed the coffin to the street, the santeros broke a clay urn behind Felicia’s old De Soto, the funeral car, and sprinkled it with cold water to refresh her for the final journey. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z And yet here it was, waiting on me to do something I’d put off since the funeral. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The morning of the funeral, I melted paraffin on the stove and then carefully dipped each crepe paper flower. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z We stand at the top of a hill next to the casket, my second funeral in just over a year’s time, even though Finch wanted to be cremated. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z As I remember very well, I let a whole year go by after the funeral before I came back to New York at all. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z When I run out of flowers, I look at the funeral program. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z It had been John’s idea to invite her and Lori and Brian out to the house for Thanksgiving, the first Walls family get-together since Dad’s funeral. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z My family and I leave thirty minutes before the funeral starts, but the parking lot at Christ Temple Church is already full. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “Henry says you’re talking about coming. But Tino and Victor and those guys are saying some bad stuff. So you had better not show your face at Luis’s funeral. I’m calling to tell you that.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Remember Stan's funeral? How we tried to bail and Dad ended up directing traffic?” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z When he was on the Beagle voyage, Charles had witnessed the funeral of another beloved daughter, the daughter of a native chief in New Zealand. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The words were familiar; he had heard them before, at funerals. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Me and Papa helped carry him out, and rode with him to the big old white-columned funeral parlor. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She talked of his hobbies and talents, how he was celebrated at his funeral as one of the great rocket scientists. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z They were paid less than men doing the same job and received no benefits or pension; if one of their pilots was killed in flight, her companions chipped in to pay for the funeral themselves. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Did he choose not to come to his wife’s funeral? The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z We have him take us the opposite direction from the funeral, staying well clear, and we arrive at a house on a corner. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She began to circle the funeral pyre three times clockwise, trying to quell the apprehension bubbling inside her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z On the morning of the funeral, Morrie’s relatives came down the steps of his tenement building on the poor Lower East Side of Manhattan. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Tossing our hair, down the aisle we went between the rows of folding chairs borrowed from the funeral home, right straight to the front of the crowded tent for the Lord’s roll call. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She was fixing my black dress that I knew I would be wearing to the funeral. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Dr. King’s funeral message served as a sobering call for justice. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Hood funerals, like Dante Brown’s, where all of his friends showed up in all red, and dropped red bandanas, big heavy gold chains that looked fake, and crew pictures in his casket. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I have had probably a couple of hundred Muslims tell me that it was attending one of our funerals for a departed brother or sister that first turned them toward Allah. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, not really. But you know what I mean. I went to a funeral and had to carry a casket.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Feeling a little like I’d stepped into a funeral without knowing the family, I stayed quiet. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Grandma and Ruth were out getting things done that needed to be done, going to the funeral parlor, the church. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z But Winnie, though she was half charmed, was suddenly reminded of the stiff black ribbons they had hung on the door of the cottage for her grandfather’s funeral. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He told the New York Times that, in order to stop school integration, Alabama needed “a few first-class funerals.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Everything had changed since his mothers funeral, since the morning the wolves had taken him south. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z On weekends he takes the train to Massachusetts, to the house in which his father’s photograph, the one used during the funeral, hangs in a frame on a wall in the upstairs hallway. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Aunt Carrie, remember, was the one who read poetry, studied Latin and Greek, talked cultured, believed in human excrement, and put mourning dye on Mary Toy’s hair for Granny’s funeral. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The day before Papa’s funeral, Caroline and I had told Ma that we wanted to be among Papa’s pallbearers. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z I also know everyone who follows us back to the cottage from the funeral. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z They had let Charlie come to the funeral and stay with us for a few hours afterward. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z At home, everyone walked around with the look of people at a funeral. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe after he made his point, he’d put a postscript saying that when he was dead it really wouldn’t matter to him what kind of funeral he had. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Early that morning, Mama wove palmetto leaves into roses for us to wear at the funeral. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Your mother wanted to have a funeral, even though there was no body. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z That third “herons” is clunky, even confusing, for the same reason that repeating the name Stanley Goldfarb in the funeral joke would have been confusing. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The fish in all the nearby lakes and rivers will be safe today, because it seems like every fisherman in the state of Maryland is here at the funeral. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “June—you wouldn’t catch her keeping house for white people. She went to work at a colored funeral home, dressing the bodies and doing their hair.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I don't know how he knew about the funeral or even his name. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z I wondered if she could tell that I, too, wanted to wear white, to join the funeral dance of the grandchildren. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z More troubling, her face couldn’t be painted to signal her tribe and clan—a tradition at Osage funerals. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She and Robert came to the funeral together. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I knew he was sorry, so there was no reason to hate him, especially at somebody else’s funeral. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z When Elizabeth met them at the door with her dead pet, and tears in her eyes, it was only natural that somebody should think of a funeral. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She was wearing her funeral dress and a lot of Mamas makeup. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She hasn’t been back here since the funeral, but I kept buggin’ her. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Peaches and her crew held up their signs across the street and people on the block looked at them and looked at the funeral and most of them didn’t know exactly what was going on. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “He said everyone arrived safely and Nana’s funeral is tomorrow. I wish we could have gone with him.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “The funeral home finally got that urn we ordered, so I called it a half day. Thought I’d come home and get a head start on all this.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z But I guess that explains why he seemed so upset after her funeral. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z It’s just like the days after the funeral again, but this time, it’s a different kind of grief we have. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z “But if I don’t step forward, won’t the Thunderhead provide a funeral?” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I’m sorry I couldn’t be at the funeral. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z At Assumption Church, no doubt against his wishes, Milton Stephanides was given a full Orthodox funeral. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He dramatically told his teenage daughter Jennifer, who had accompanied him, that the best thing to do now was to give the Lady Gin a “Viking funeral.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “So listen up, family. At my funeral no one is allowed to wear black. And for music, I want something poppy and old-school, like Mr. T Experience.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Doesn’t help that the place is decorated like a funeral home. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Nelson was weaving together palm fronds to make a funeral arch of leaves and flowers to set over the table. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She, after all, was the only one who really understood why Eva refused to attend Sula’s funeral. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I’ve never seen my dad run that hard or fast before, except for the morning of the funeral, my mom sinking to the floor. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z Though we were not yet in power, I wanted Oliver to have a state funeral, and that is what the ANC gave him. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At the three New London churches, there was a funeral every fifteen or thirty minutes from nine o’clock in the morning until after eight. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Well, your aunt Florentine can’t watch her anymore on funeral days, of course, so I’ve got to keep her close while I work. Maybe you can play with her when she wakes up...” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z And he promised to work toward fulfilling the other demands—a city council proclamation honoring King’s memory and the cancellation of public school on the day of King’s funeral. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He looked at me the way one looks at you in a funeral home. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z I mumbled something about trying harder, while Mr. Brunner took one long sad look at the stele, like hed been at this girl’s funeral. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He does not tell me he will call an ambulance or a funeral director, but instead asks me what I want for breakfast. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z We considered that maybe the flowers were some kind of memorial to herself—like a funeral arrangement or something. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z After staging a grand funeral for his father, Washkar ordered the executors to meet him one at a time, which provided the occasion to arrest them. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z One of the elevators slid open and Crawley appeared in the same suit he had worn at the funeral but with a different tie. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z “No, I’m not. I’m serious. I’ll even be sad, Ben. Even though you’ve spent your whole life making vicious remarks to me, I will try not to be amused at your funeral.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Gouverneur Morris, an old family friend and Federalist colleague, delivered the funeral oration in an overflowing Trinity Church. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I could just see funeral homes selling big jars of honey for dead people, instead of coffins. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z One of my husband’s male relatives had died and he had to attend the funeral. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I fanned fast so as not to read the words, but they had already brought to mind Great-Granmaw Tweedy, how at her first funeral she sat up in her coffin at the graveyard and screamed. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The week before Christmas is often a quiet one in a funeral parlor, Shadow learned, over supper. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z In real Egyptian times, he said, the preparation of the dead and the funeral ceremony took as much as forty days. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “I decided to come here to pay my respects since I’m not coming to the funeral.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Inside the funeral home were maybe fifteen people. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z All right, so we'll use his funeral to put his integrity together again . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Leave it to Daddy Cool to kill a bird, then give it a funeral. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z We sit on the low stone wall in front of the funeral parlor so we can both see the pictures, reading and laughing. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z We’ve been doing nothing but all this funeral stuff, you know, since it happened. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z After the funeral, I didn’t go outside for of days. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “She uses it as an announcement at weddings and—funerals.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Michelangelo’s voice was like the pealing of a funeral bell. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The usual funeral line was moving down the aisle, only a few people left to take one last look at Gwendolyn Brown. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z This kid at school named Russell, his dad runs a funeral home on Kenwood. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And now Theo is going home to his father’s funeral; he leaves Paris the same day he receives the news. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z On Pennsylvania Avenue, thousands of people jostled for a place from which they would see the funeral procession pass as it left the White House. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed like a very inappropriate thing to wear to a funeral. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z It said only that the sender was leaving immediately and to postpone the funeral until he came. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z She hoped that the stone and the blindfold would do their jobs and take the place of a funeral pyre. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Maybe he’d be grounded and wouldn’t have to go to the funeral. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Two weeks after the funeral, a cool rain finally began to fall, washing over the prairie. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Charles’s absence would hit Emma again and again over the years, painfully, but for now she had a family to take care of and a funeral to consider. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, when all three of them were together Harry felt like the only non-mourner at a poorly attended funeral. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z And then I tried to snap myself out of it, because it was crazy to be looking at a girl like that at her grandma’s funeral. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Veiled in black, she hurried from the funeral services. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z In Washington, on the morning of April 19, the most solemn day in the history of the nation began with the president’s funeral. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Apa, are you going to go back to Korea for the funeral? A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z “You can carry her home for now. The funeral parlors are already full. It’s gonna be a while before we get to everybody. ” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z They stayed for the funeral, and those days were the only times I had seen Dad and Grampa together without fighting. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z You returned home to Bryan, Texas, to attend the funeral of your eighteen-month-old daughter. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Apollo plucked a tune that sounded like the funeral version of ‘Camptown Races’. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Great-great-aunt Florentine’s grave was mounded with fresh dirt and flower arrangements from the funeral. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z In a little while they would leave for the church where the funeral would be held. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z What would, just for a second, make Grandma happy at my funeral? Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z I nod toward Isabella’s grave, remembering how untidy and overgrown it had been the day of Gram’s funeral. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I thought for a moment about how the only things I had to talk about was my dad tripping, or how I spent the day at some teenage girl’s funeral. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z There would be no funeral, because he had come to America alone. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “I guess so,” I said, remembering Ms. Solomon outside the church at the funeral. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z She apologizes for not being at the funeral, she’d been in Paris at the time. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Maybe I would feel differently if I could count on people showing up to my funeral. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Most of the mourners were old widows for whom funerals were a form of entertainment. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Sierra had seen dead bodies before, had been to more than her fair share of open-casket funerals, but this was something entirely different. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z At the funeral, an honor guard of female students from the University of Rochester stood next to Anthony’s body. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z She did not want the shades drawn or black funeral crepe to be hung. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I glanced out the back window as the funeral procession moved into downtown. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “I’m so sorry about your sister. We were in Thailand and couldn’t make it to the funeral.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It makes sense that funerals would be the opposite here. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “He must have someone stay with him until his funeral, and he needs to be buried as soon as possible.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I scrambled to my feet, hung my pajamas on a peg, pulled on my visitation dress, and slipped on my funeral shoes. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Nobody was doing any unnecessary movements unless their name was Peaches Jones, who was setting out to ruin Big Joe’s funeral. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The funeral was filled with pain, open and naked and shared by my father and his sisters. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Nature and the woodlands took care of their own funeral arrangements. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “To what I came here to tell you! The ambulance just arrived and now we have a stranger in the funeral parlor,” she said excitedly. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z We started quiet, but soon exploded, as the kindly funeral director pretended not to listen and our mother just stared at us implacably, through the fog of her own pain. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z For years Aunt Florentine and I had sat together at her window and watched folks arrive for viewings and visitations and funerals. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z From far and near, some twenty of the last had arrived to attend the funeral services, which were to take place Wednesday morning. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z A spectator at so many funerals, I grew ac-quainted with the rhythms of grief. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z With a purple funeral pennant flying from the antenna, we left Greektown and headed down Jefferson. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “It’s a morbid hymn, for funerals. No one plays a funeral hymn loud unless they want to wake the dead.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “I think Samuel would have liked that kind of funeral,” said Adam. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He says, “Yeah...Shayleen’s got a loud voice all right. But the rest of you have a low hum about you. Peaceful. Kind of like a funeral home.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z He and Travis weren’t close, but he went to all students’ funerals. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Tad attended his father’s funeral with his oldest brother, Robert. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z So on the morning after the funeral, he sent the current overseer, a burly man named Evan Fowler, to get me from the cookhouse. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z A witness had told the bureau that after Henry Roan’s murder, Hale was eager to get the corpse away from one undertaker and delivered to the funeral home at the Big Hill Trading Company. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I looked over at him the way you look at someone at a funeral, and he managed one of those I’m-slightly-uncomfortable-and- would-love-to-leave-as-soon-as-possible smiles. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z I hadn’t returned to the island since entering nursing school except for two funerals, my grandmothers and the Captain’s. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry rose early to pack the next day; the Hogwarts Express would be leaving an hour after the funeral. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “No funerals,” the rest of the Dregs murmured in reply. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She could go on and in her sorrow put a pot of beans in the oven, bake six pies, and plan to exactness how much food would be necessary properly to feed the funeral guests. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Aunt Chipo dressed the dead woman again and wrapped her in a cloth to await the funeral. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The same words that the minister said to me at my mother’s funeral. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Terror washed over him as he lay on the floor, with that funeral drum pounding inside him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z For the funeral Baby had on a little white dress with white shoes and white socks and even small white gloves. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He’d been walking toward Cootie’s car, carrying his best suit to put in the trunk so it wouldn’t get wrinkled on the way to Cootie’s mother’s funeral. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z My mom and dad told me they didn't want to be standing at my funeral someday because of things I was doing that they didn't know about. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end of life, a fallen brother was honored by his fellow butchers with a last tribute: an elaborate funeral wreath in the shape of a broken cleaver. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z To the funeral home he went first and looked carefully at the selection of caskets. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Besides the funeral, I don’t think there’s ever been a day when my dad didn’t go to work, not as long as I’ve been alive. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z Something funny happens, like Big Joe’s funeral, and then something bad happens. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of holding it in a church or chapel, we selected Mount Morris Park, and an appeal went out for all former members to join the funeral march. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “She chose your path years ago, and it will not be easy. But now it is time for the funeral. We have obligations. Come. The car will be waiting.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Out from the White Tower they walked, as if to a funeral, out into the darkness, where the overhanging cloud was lit beneath with flickers of dull red. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The Kansas City Star printed a lengthy account of the Clutter funeral, but the edition containing the article was two days old before Perry, lying abed in a hotel room, got around to reading it. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z She went to two funerals in five days, and never said a word. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I'd been worried I might get choked up at the Slater funeral, turn it into some sort of personal weep-fest for all the people who’d checked out on me over the last eight months. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z In some bars and restaurants, funeral music was played; in others, the walls were hung with black crepe. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “Y’know...Mrs. Miller was like a second mom to me, and I’m so, so sorry I couldn’t make the funeral,” Chris went on. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The funeral parlor vanishes, and the scene changes once again. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The spot appears on the morning of Gram’s funeral. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z She wore funeral clothes far richer than those she had worn in life. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Clearasil needs time to work. Killing pimples requires patience. By the way, Ben, since women live seven years longer than men on the average, I imagine I’ll be attending your funeral one day.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Can you at least think about it? Otherwise I’ll join you for the funeral and then go on my own to the party.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “It’s for my job. Remember? At the funeral home. Where I touch dead people,” I said, pretending like I was going to touch him. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z A few paces in front of me Camilla struggled on tiptoe to pull down her umbrella, which dragged her along in little skipping steps—Mary Poppins in her black funeral dress. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z They also believed that if they were killed on a zebra crossing, the Government would pay for their funerals. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama had been scared folks would criticize and say the family didn’t show proper respect, not having Grandpa embalmed and not having a church funeral, and then getting up a party. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Thanks Janna for doing this and please pass on that the funeral will take place on June 25 at 4 p.m. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z We unpacked all the stuff she brought, which really was leftover fried chicken and mashed potatoes from her grandmother’s funeral. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “I can’t speak for everyone, but the easier answer I can give is that we need to fund-raise for Ms. Perez to help her with the costs associated with the funeral.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I fumbled for words befitting the strange circumstance, for the wedding had followed with improper haste upon the king's funeral. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “And the wild part was, the funeral was for a girl only a little bit older than us.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z His seventh symphony received its premiere at a Wagner memorial concert in December 1884, its second movement, Adagio, being in the form of a funeral lament for Wagner. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He told me this because I’d asked him what our parents’ funeral was like. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The one time Ophie had asked about a funeral, Mama’s expression had gone hard. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “Yes, my father had to hurry back to the city for...for work. Otherwise, I know they’d go to the funeral and pay their respects.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z At his command, the mayor appeared at the services with four funeral wreaths, which he tried to place on the coffins, but the colonel ordered him into the street. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Only I realize as I put on my one jacket—I last wore it at Grandma Sweetwine’s funeral—that the sleeves come closer to my elbows than my wrists. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I don’t think I had seen him cry but once in my life: at Papa’s funeral. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Because of the ensuing chaos, they were unable to give her a proper funeral, as she would have wished, ana were forced to bury her in a hurry, without speeches or tears. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Seems only right to show a bit of respect at a funeral, maybe a step up from what I would wear down the street. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It was my golden ticket, almost like a VIP pass to any funeral I wanted to go to. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Since Bunny’s funeral several strangers—including the secretary in the Social Sciences office—had approached me and tried to pick me for information. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z And I haven’t been able to go into the backyard since Mango’s funeral. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z It was the day she was getting her hair done for her sister's funeral. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z I do not know what happens to the ash and I couldn’t ask at the crematorium because I didn’t go to the funeral. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Did she think about her granddaughter rushing back from Shandong for the funeral? Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Except for three funerals, I’ve gone to school every day for three years. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There are so many funerals that the pews in churches have no time to cool. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Instead, she uses it to help pay for her brothers’ funerals. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I postponed my departure long enough to pay my respects at Kendra’s funeral, then left for what was now to be a solitary journey. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The casket bearing the body of Jimmie Lee Jackson is carried into Brown Chapel for funeral services. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z There were still only a dozen or so headstones; few had been added since her father’s funeral. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she turned and ran toward the funeral parlor in an odd dancing sort of way—skipping and clapping her hands and spinning around. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He did have some little worry about Tom, who had gone directly from the funeral to San Francisco. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z And to make it worse—oh man, here it is—I liked being at the funeral! The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Lorena said that when she was seven years old, her dad went back to Mexico for his mother’s funeral, even though everyone told him not to. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Do you guys ever plan out your funeral?” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “Funerals are an occupation for us, darling, you’re used to them. Peach...isn’t. Uncle Edisto’s funeral was Peach’s first experience with death. And he’s very sensitive; that’s just the kind of person he is.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I keep getting looks from people at the funeral and then at the burial site. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z None of the many children she had raised with so much love attended her funeral. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She had her mind dead set on messing up Big Joe’s funeral. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She had also written pages of instructions on how she wanted her funeral conducted. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I had followed a few coffins up the hill from the church to the cemetery, but because Momma said I was tender-hearted I had never been forced to sit through a funeral service. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z My relatives at home had dinners after funerals too. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Hadn’t General Jackson’s arm been given a full funeral ceremony? The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “Shake your head all you like, Elphias! You were at Ariana’s funeral, were you not?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z "I'll go," I said, and I did go, and all during the simple funeral service I wondered what I thought I was burying. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Laila had been to funerals before where she had seen women like this, women who relished all things that had to do with death, official consolers who let no one trespass on their self-appointed duties. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The bodies had been recovered, and the past few days had seen a swirl of funerals and tributes to Manny and the other shadowshapers. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z He stroked Lixxa’s long white ears and she whickered, and he murmured sweet things to her before continuing, “I am riding over the funeral pyre of the ijji with the Godslayer. Whose secretary I am.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “I asked specifically that only floral arrangements and house plants be sent here. These wreaths should all be down at the funeral home.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The young Izzy had stood guard under the funeral home’s clock, which freely gave the time to Madison Avenue, alongside his fellow Lords with their berets and empty rifles. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z He remembered walking down these steps to her funeral, holding his piece of firewood in his coat for the first time. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Look at that I That’s a funeral going on down there. That looks like the cemetery. Isn’t it?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I called him, but he definitely wasn’t interested in attending the Slater funeral, soldier or not, drug connection or not. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I don’t remember how she died, just that we attended her funeral. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z So when I heard about Big Joe’s funeral it didn’t take me by surprise. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The conifers had it all over their funeral draperies. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A funeral hymn made its way around the church tediously but successfully. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, sorry, friend, your mother’s at a funeral. You’ll find only water at home! HA! HA!” The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z I must have served at about thirty baptisms and about the same number of weddings and funerals. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z This is my first Decker funeral, since my family didn’t care about throwing one for themselves because we all had each other and didn’t need anyone else, not coworkers or old friends. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The funeral took place on a Saturday morning. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z The door slammed open again, and Robbie, Benny, Cork, and Mr. Ray came stepping out the double doors of the funeral home, carrying the casket, two on each side. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I think of Lolo's funeral, which stays sharp in my mind. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z He whispers, I cannot even be at her funeral. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z The boys sat on the porch steps looking like they were going to a funeral. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z No matter how crazy or boring the funeral was, it didn’t matter. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z It’s true you might not get to control your funeral, but sometimes you do get to choose your death. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The man who is supposed to attend to me says, “We need another ambulance. And we need a funeral car. Why aren’t the cops here by now? There’s a bunch of dead people.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z To the First Baptist Church of Cold Sassy he left “the sum of one dollar in appreciation of its kindness in the matter of my son-in-law Campbell Williams’s funeral.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It isn’t as cool as the shiny black one I first picked out, but as my father puts it, “This is a bar mitzvah, not a funeral.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “Look! It’s Dismay’s collar! It’s still full of lavender the way you fixed it the day of Aunt Florentine’s funeral! Look!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She also has the program from the wake and funeral on her nightstand. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z There were no relatives at hand; and as Arthur had to be back the next day to attend at his father’s funeral, we were unable to notify any one who should have been bidden. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The funeral is a quiet one, despite the number of mourners present. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It disturbed him that the plants thrived and filled the fenced patch with bloom like a funeral parlor, but would not set fruit. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A visitation, which happens right before the funeral, is a time for folks to visit the family and to offer them comfort. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It was just a few days after seventh grade started, which was just a few days after Franny’s funeral. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z They performed at the chief’s request at funerals and initiation ceremonies, when many Chewa boys become men. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z “But at the funeral, King put the bandana on him—” “To save face,” DeVante says. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Considering the size of the crowd, we were a quiet group, gathered in clusters, speaking in hushed tones—almost like this really was a funeral. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z I might have gone to Great-Aunt Glo’s funeral after she died of acute pancreatitis. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z On the day of Gran’s funeral, Deputy Collins had been at our house when we got home. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The undertaker came again to report that Johnny was at his funeral parlor and was being fixed up fine and would be brought home that evening. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z After the funeral, as we walked back to the house, each of us was given seven pebbles. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z After the funeral Mammachi asked Rahel to help her to locate and remove her contact lenses with the little orange pipette that came in its own case. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I had gone downstairs to the funeral like I always did. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Her funeral was filled with people, another broken community jammed into a church, this one working to handle the sight of a teenage girl in a casket lined with purple silk. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z They were sitting in a small restaurant, two blocks from Ibis and Jacquel’s funeral home. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z As a matter of feet, a lot of the photos were the ones that ended up in the funeral program. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Still, the food at Ms. Brown’s funeral was definitely above average. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Robbie Ray, Mr. Ray’s younger brother, was the MC for the funeral, kind of like how the preacher is when you have one at a church. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “I did everything I was supposed to,” her mother told me when we met just before the funeral started, her brown eyes leaking tears. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Hooke himself died on 3 March 1703, and his funeral was attended by all the Fellows of the Royal Society then present in London. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “It was like my dad’s funeral all over again.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Captain Reed had not said he was going to let them stay on the ship, but there was a funeral to attend to, and some other business the captain and the mate would not discuss. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Some people even had their dead lawns painted green, kind of like the way funeral homes put makeup on dead people. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I had never been in a funeral home. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Harrison had heard them sing at a picnic and, joking, had asked them to sing at his funeral. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Oh, Mama! I went to funerals when I was eight!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I remember how he cried after Gram’s funeral. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I can see her at the funeral, a shoddy, low-cost affair held in the basement of some dubious funeral parlor. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s going to be peace, Inshallah, and happiness and calm. No more rockets, no more killing, no more funerals!” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “You can’t go to a party on a family funeral day, Comfort.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Halliday now stands at the front of a funeral parlor, next to an open casket.* Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z At last, only the Weasley twins were left singing along to a very slow funeral march. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Still unopened since his mother had given it to me after the funeral two weeks ago. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I always liked to know ahead of time whose funeral it was, just because every now and then it was somebody I knew. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z At the funeral games held in his honor Atalanta appeared among the contestants, and in the wrestling match conquered the young man who was to be the father of Achilles, the great hero Peleus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z For a million reasons, it felt weird to be at his funeral. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z A little before five Aureliano Segundo came to fetch Meme for the concert and was surprised that the house was prepared for the funeral. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The morning of the funeral, Kenneth did an admirable job of trying to comb the girls’ hair. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z They said that she left after Josiah’s funeral, and nobody knew where she went, only that she walked to the highway with a suitcase. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Whereas both Haydn and Mozart aimed to reveal human emotions through the filter of a gentlemanly, well-bred composure, the funeral march in Eroica is remarkable for the unflinching grip of its mood. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I chuckle, and it feels strange, almost wrong, like making a joke at a funeral. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I look forward to seeing you at the funeral if not, as I hope, before. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z At least he had the decency not to come to the funeral. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z A lawyer who knew nothing about any will but seemed to have been charged with organizing the funeral. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Some measure of comfort came to the sorrowful mothers as their sons were laid upon the funeral pyre with all reverence and honor. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I did not ask what she meant by “all being over,” but I suppose she referred to the expected decease of her mother and the gloomy sequel of funeral rites. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He would get no relief or release from his daughters funeral. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Later, as my friends and I passed through the school gate and the video camera recorded our every move, it felt as if we were going to a funeral. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Bodega had attended that funeral, decades back, when he was a teenager and death was too far away to scare him. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Often at funeral games after the death of kings when you yourself contended, you’ve seen athletes cinch their belts when trophies went on view. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I remembered Char at Mother’s funeral, waiting for me while I wept, grieving for Mother too. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Once they knew the amount, the funeral cost eighty percent of it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z We had green beans, turnips, macaroni and cheese, caramel cake—all kinds of funeral foods. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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