Smoke gets in your eyes : and other lessons from the crematorium
Caitlin Doughty (Author)
From her first day at Westwind Cremation & Burial, twenty-three-year-old Caitlin Doughty threw herself into her curious new profession. Coming face-to-face with the very thing we go to great lengths to avoid thinking about she started to wonder about the lives of those she cremated and the mourning families they left behind, and found herself confounded by people's erratic reactions to death. Exploring our death rituals--and those of other cultures--she pleads the case for healthier attitudes around death and dying. Full of bizarre encounters, gallows humour and vivid characters (both living and very dead), this illuminating account makes this otherwise terrifying subject inviting and fascinating
Biography
1 online resource
9781782111047, 1782111042
936181190
Print version :
Intro
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Author's Note
Shaving Byron
Puppy Surprise
The Thud
Toothpicks in Jell-O
Push the Button
Pink Cocktail
Demon Babies
Direct Disposal
Unnatural Natural
Alas, Poor Yorick
Eros and Thanatos
Bubblating
Ghusl
Solo Witness
The Redwoods
Deth Skool
Body Van
The Art of Dying
Prodigal Daughter
Acknowledgements
Notes on Sources