Thursday, April 2, 2015

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes...and Other Lessons From the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes...and Other Lessons From the Crematory
by Caitlin Doughty [Biography Doughty]

Told with humor and compassion, this memoir is about a young woman's desire to explore the topic of death. She takes a job at a crematory and later attends mortuary school and becomes a licensed mortician. This memoir is a frank behind the scenes look at the death industry in this country. It will make you think about how our society approaches death and dying. -- recommended by Tammy T. - Bennett Martin Public Library

[If you enjoy this, you may also wish to try Stiff: the Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach.]

[ official The Order of the Good Death web site - managed by Caitlin Doughty ]


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