“Nine Years Under is a sparkling debut--- brimming with love and bursting with life. Booker's Baltimore is equal parts The Wire and The Cosby show. She doesn't shrink from the realities of life in an inner city funeral home, but she is also a loving witness, documenting the big hearted community that takes care of its own. Told with compassion, wit, and good old fashioned story telling, Sheri Booker gives us unforgettable characters who will make you laugh right up until they break your heart.” GivingYearsHeartCharacterStoriesShowsHomeBigsRealityCareCommunityCitiesCompassionBreakLaughingEqualTake CareWitNineWitnessReality Of LifeFuneralOld FashionedWireShrinksHeartedNine YearsBurstingBaltimoreSparklingBreak Your HeartDebutUnforgettableMake You LaughInner CityBig HeartCosby Show Author:Tayari Jones
“I see people driving cars, winding down the streets. I don't know where these people think they're going. They're going to the funeral home; that's about it.” PeopleThinkingKnowsHomeSufferingStreetsCarDrivingFuneralDriving CarsWinding Down Author:Frederick Lenz
“Cheerfulness is the daughter of employment; and I have known a man come home in high spirits from a funeral, merely because he has had the management of it.” MenHomeSpiritKnownHe ManDaughterManagementEmploymentComing HomeFuneralCheerfulness Author:William Cornelius Van Horne