Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Specialties, Forensic Medicine, Self Help, Mental Health, Death, Grief, Bereavement, Biography & Memoir
Cover of the book Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty, W. W. Norton & Company
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Caitlin Doughty ISBN: 9780393245950
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Publication: September 15, 2014
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company Language: English
Author: Caitlin Doughty
ISBN: 9780393245950
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication: September 15, 2014
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English

"Morbid and illuminating" (Entertainment Weekly)—a young mortician goes behind the scenes of her curious profession.

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).

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

"Morbid and illuminating" (Entertainment Weekly)—a young mortician goes behind the scenes of her curious profession.

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).

More books from W. W. Norton & Company

Cover of the book Dawn Light: Dancing with Cranes and Other Ways to Start the Day by Caitlin Doughty
Cover of the book Power and the Idealists: Or, the Passion of Joschka Fischer and Its Aftermath by Caitlin Doughty
Cover of the book The Second Arab Awakening: Revolution, Democracy, and the Islamist Challenge from Tunis to Damascus by Caitlin Doughty
Cover of the book Empires of the Indus: The Story of a River by Caitlin Doughty
Cover of the book Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America by Caitlin Doughty
Cover of the book Wheels, Clocks, and Rockets: A History of Technology by Caitlin Doughty
Cover of the book The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy: Engaging the Rhythm of Regulation (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology) by Caitlin Doughty
Cover of the book Dirty Love by Caitlin Doughty
Cover of the book The Autobiography of Fidel Castro by Caitlin Doughty
Cover of the book Intuition Pumps And Other Tools for Thinking by Caitlin Doughty
Cover of the book Weimar Culture: The Outsider as Insider by Caitlin Doughty
Cover of the book The Complete Plays by Caitlin Doughty
Cover of the book Hemingway: The Paris Years by Caitlin Doughty
Cover of the book Here and Now: Poems by Caitlin Doughty
Cover of the book Stories of God by Caitlin Doughty
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy