Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (745 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00NQ9D6O4 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 204 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A sobering yet funny look at what happens behind-the-scenes in a crematorium" according to sb-lynn. I had trouble coming up with a title for this review that wouldn't turn off anyone because I think this is an important book and I hope many, many people read it.The author of this book has been fascinated with the subject of death and dying since she was a young girl and witnessed the death o. "Looking our mortality straight in the eye is no easy feat." I found this book to be a refreshing, unsentimental and honest look at the way Americans deal with death - which is to say, not very effectively. Author Doughty spent time working in a crematory and later went through mortuary school, and her memoir is by turns darkly funny, fascinating, disgu. A Must Read: The Art of Death & Dying “What does not kill me makes me stronger.” – NietzscheI was thoroughly impressed by this memoir and social commentary on death and dying written by such a young woman. Caitlin Doughty, at the age of 23, has produced an impressive, well researched commentary on how we as a soc
Most people want to avoid thinking about death, but Caitlin Doughty - a 20-something with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre - took a job at a crematory, turning morbid curiosity into her life's work. With an original voice that combines fearless curiosity and mordant wit, Caitlin tells an unusual coming-of-age story full of bizarre encounters, gallows humor, and vivid characters (both living and very dead). Her eye-opening memoir shows how our fear of dying warps our culture and society, and she calls for better ways of dealing with death (and our dead). Caitlin Doughty, the host and creator of the "Ask a Mortician" Web series and the collective Order of the Good Death, is on a missio