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y separately published work icon The Afterlife Confessional single work   autobiography  
Issue Details: First known date: 2024... 2024 The Afterlife Confessional
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'A private investigator with a haunting past, Bill Edgar’s life was never destined to be ordinary. Rising to international fame as the ‘Coffin Confessor’ – the man who crashes funerals on behalf of the deceased, giving voice to their last wishes – Bill dismantled many of the assumptions we hold about truth, dignity and the business of dying.

'Swindlers, cheaters, vultures, liars and con-artists – there isn’t a musty corner of the human soul Bill hasn’t confronted. Loved and loathed in equal measure, his only concern is being the caretaker of the secrets and desires his clients have entrusted to him. Shame and outrage, healing and comfort are left up to those left behind.

'But it’s a request from one woman to hand-deliver a bottle of wine to her husband on the anniversary of her death that raises deeper questions: What do we make out of the handful of days we’re given? If hate and injustice are so hard to bury, why does love have a knack for triumphing? Are the most profound acts in life sometimes the most quiet ones?' (Publication summary)

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    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2024 .
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      Extent: 320p.
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      •  Published July 2024

      ISBN: 9781761343254
Form: audiobook

Works about this Work

Book Review : The Afterlife Confessional, Bill Edgar Erich Mayer , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , July 2024;

— Review of The Afterlife Confessional Bill Edgar , 2024 single work autobiography
Book Review : The Afterlife Confessional, Bill Edgar Erich Mayer , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , July 2024;

— Review of The Afterlife Confessional Bill Edgar , 2024 single work autobiography
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