Coffins and Confetti by Ruth Graham

Thank you @CelebrantRuthG and @rararesouces for letting me be part of this tour and reviewing this book. I love the cover of Coffins and Confetti it is very pretty. This is the first book I have read by Ruth Graham and I did enjoy reading this book and founding out more about being a celebrant. Coffins and Confetti is an amazing read that I could not help being in floods of tears when reading the chapter about babies' funerals and then there were other times when I was in fits of giggles. Coffins and Confetti is a memoir, and I would definitely like to read more of Ruth Graham's memoirs in the future. This is a very moving and heartfelt read which is written extremely well. I read this book in a few hours I could not put it down, I strongly recommend this book. Coffins and Confetti is beautifully written and very touching in places, This is very different from what I normally read but I am glad I came across it. It is a wonderful read and Ruth Graham seems to be a lovely Celebrant who just wants to help people. Great read 5 stars. Blurb Coffins & Confetti (A Celebrant ’ s Memoir Of Life, Loss & Love) Following the success of her first book, A Thousand Goodbyes , writer Ruth Graham invites us to join her on the next part of her journey as an Independent Civil Celebrant. She honestly believed she'd seen it all - apparently not! Once again, we're exposed to the best, worst (and funniest) examples of human behaviour in Ruth's latest memoir, Coffins & Confetti , but this time the tears and laughter are set against the poignant backdrop of the wr iter ’ s own search for true and lasting love. Written in conversational style with trademark humour, Coffins & Confetti takes the reader on a journey encompassing the darkest corners of despair, peppered with some of the funniest true - life stories you will ever hear. A letter to life, a memo to mortality but above all, a testament to tenacity, Coffins & Confetti is a book which oozes humanity and hope with the message that if you hang on in there long enough, things will always turn around ... Author Bio – With an eclectic background in music; acting; presenting; comedy; journalism; writing; counselling and teaching (to name just a few careers), Ruth Graham could never have guessed all the skills she ’ d acquired would be needed for her final role – that of fu neral and wedding celebrant. With no two days ever the same, Ruth travels all over the West Midlands to meet grieving families or happy couples, in preparation for the happiest and saddest days of peoples ’ lives. It ’ s a huge role, with so many expectatio ns attached – and a lot of pressure to get things right. But as Ruth says, it ’ s also a huge privilege to be able to bring comfort in times of sadness, or to create something really beautiful and unique for a couple lucky enough to have found their match. That said, in the great improv show of life, everything doesn ’ t always run smoothly because it involves humans at their best and worst. The result is endless amounts of material and two books to her credit so far. The first one ‘ A Thousand Goodbyes ’ (The Surprising Life Of A Funeral Celebrant) garnered fantastic reviews: Hilarious Un - Putdownable /Moving/Touching/Must Read) from bloggers, industry professionals and the general public. Ruth is hoping the same for Coffins & Confetti but either way she intend s to keep working as a celebrant knowing she ’ s making a real difference to others ’ lives.