
- 272 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
'Unforgettable . . . a hilarious, poignant and impassioned plea to revolutionise our attitudes to death' Gavin Francis, Guardian
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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- 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