Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral by Kris Radish (2006, Paperback)

A group of women are surprized to recieve a pair of red tennis shoes and a friend's ashes along with instructions for which became a traveling funeral. Travel with the women coast to coast as they travel miles and toward resolution of their grief for a lost, beloved friend. Be with them as they shed ashes and memories of this wonderful friend who came to mean so much to each person. They visit special places of Annie's and find out much about themselves on the way. Except for a lot of drinking and a few curse words the novel was fantastic.