From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
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| Rating | : | 4.29 (847 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0393249891 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-21 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In rural Indonesia, she observes a man clean and dress his grandfather’s mummified body. Featuring Gorey-esque illustrations by artist Landis Blair, From Here to Eternity introduces death-care innovators researching green burial and body composting, explores new spaces for mourning including a glowing- Buddha columbarium in Japan and America’s only open-air pyre and reveals unexpected new possibilities for our own death rituals. With curiosity and morbid humor, Doughty encounters vividly decomposed bodies and participates in compelling, powerful death practices almost entirely unknown in America. The best-selling author of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
J. “Caitlin Doughty is razor sharp, and writes about death with exceptional clarity and style. Jacobs“Doughty finds the humanity in others cultures' relationship with death that seems to be lacking in ours.” - Justin Caffier, Vice“Doughty’s fascinating tour of rituals contains liturgies that readers will surely observe as rare, macabre, unbelievable, ancient, and precioussometimes simultaneously.” - Kirkus. From Here to Eternity manages to be both an extremely funny travelogue and a deeply moving book about what
She lives in Los Angeles, where she runs her nonprofit funeral home, Undertaking LA. Mortician Caitlin Doughtyhost and creator of “Ask a Mortician” and the New York Times best-selling author of Smoke Gets in Your Eyesfounded the death acceptance collective The Order of the Good Death and c