Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
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Armed with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre, Caitlin Doughty took a job at a crematory and turned morbid curiosity into her life's work. She cared for bodies of every color, shape, and affliction, and became an intrepid explorer in the world of the dead. In this best-selling memoir, brimming with gallows humor and vivid characters, she marvels at the gruesome history of undertaking and relates her unique coming-of-age story with bold curiosity and mordant wit. By turns hilarious, dark, and uplifting, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes reveals how the fear of dying warps our society and will make you reconsider how our culture treats the dead (San Francisco Chronicle).
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Reviews
Demonically funny.
Frank...philosophical...engaging, and even wicked.--Natalie Kusz
Upbeat, brave and brilliantly, morbidly curious...Her measure of society is fierce, right on, and radical...[A]n important and timely book.--Helen Davies
It may well blow your mind wide open.--Elisabeth Donnelly
In a moving--and often funny--memoir about working in a crematorium and other parts of the 'death industry, ' Caitlin Doughty argues for radical change in how we face the details of death.--Jessica Ferri
Doughty...a trustworthy tour guide...keeps us laughing most of the way.--Rachel Lubitz
This book absolutely must be read, if only to remind all of us that exercise, organic food, and plastic surgery only work up to a point. Doughty is my kind of death crusader--compassionate, unblinking, and very, very funny.--Meg Rosoff
