Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
eBook - ePub

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

And Other Lessons from the Crematorium

  1. 272 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

And Other Lessons from the Crematorium

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

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Author’s Note
  7. Shaving Byron
  8. Puppy Surprise
  9. The Thud
  10. Toothpicks in Jell-O
  11. Push the Button
  12. Pink Cocktail
  13. Demon Babies
  14. Direct Disposal
  15. Unnatural Natural
  16. Alas, Poor Yorick
  17. Eros and Thanatos
  18. Bubblating
  19. Ghusl
  20. Solo Witness
  21. The Redwoods
  22. Deth Skool
  23. Body Van
  24. The Art of Dying
  25. Prodigal Daughter
  26. Acknowledgements
  27. Notes on Sources