{"product_id":"dad-can-i-borrow-the-hearse-growing-up-in-a-detroit-funeral-home-9781662913808","title":"Dad, Can I Borrow the Hearse?: Growing Up in a Detroit Funeral Home","description":"\u003cp\u003eLocated within the boundaries of one of the East Side of Detroit's \"bluest\" of blue collar neighborhoods, 9074 St. Cyril Avenue served a dual purpose - funeral home and family residence. Occupying the first floor of the impressive yellow bricked structure from 1942 until 1978 was the Van Kula Funeral Home - the second floor I called home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor over four decades I was associated with death and dying on an almost daily occurrence. Residing over a funeral home with five siblings added to the plenitude of memories - poignant, humorous and enduring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs an observer and eventual practitioner of one of the world's oldest professions, I have borne witness to human nature under the most demanding of emotional circumstances. In \"DAD, CAN I BORROW THE HEARSE?\" I have attempted to present a summary of events as they related to me - \"The Funeral Director's Kid\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVan Kula, Thomas J.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \"Thomas J. Van Kula retired from funeral service in 1986 and now resides in the Far West.I hope I have found myself, my work, my happiness - under the light of the western skies.Zane Grey\"","brand":"Gatekeeper Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50561736278290,"sku":"9781662913808","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d0b1f702-5d64-4500-8861-41951f78b0ee.jpg?v=1731852172","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dad-can-i-borrow-the-hearse-growing-up-in-a-detroit-funeral-home-9781662913808","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}