Caitlin Doughty Books
Smoke gets in your eyes
The blogger behind the popular Web series Ask a Mortician describes her experiences working at a crematory, including how she sometimes got ashes on her clothes and how she cared for bodies of all...
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From here to eternity
Describes death customs and rituals from around the world, exploring how they compare to the impersonal American system and how mourners respond best when they participate in caring for the deceased.
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Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs
By Dianne Ruz, Caitlin Doughty
(Includes an interview with a clinical expert on how to discuss these issues with young people) In **Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?**, (*Winner of the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards for Science & Tech...
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Smoke gets in your eyes
Most people want to avoid thinking about death, but Caitlin Doughty -- a twenty-something with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre -- took a job at a crematory, turning morbid...
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From here to eternity
Fascinated by our pervasive fear of dead bodies, mortician Caitlin Doughty set out to discover how other cultures care for the dead. In rural Indonesia, she watches a man clean and dress his grandf...
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