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Smoke gets in your eyes : and other lessons from the crematory / Caitlin Doughty.
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 shapes and sizes.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780393240238
- ISBN: 0393240231
- Physical Description: x, 254 p. ; 22 cm.
- Publisher: New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, c2014.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Shaving Byron -- Puppy surprise -- The thud -- Toothpicks in Jell-O -- Push the button -- Pink cocktail -- Demon babies -- Direct disposal -- Unnatural natural -- Alas, poor Yorick -- Eros and thanatos -- Bubblating -- Ghusl -- Solo witness -- The redwoods -- Deth skool -- Body van -- The art of dying -- Prodigal daughter. |
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| Subject: | Doughty, Caitlin. Undertakers and undertaking > United States > Biography. Undertakers and undertaking > Anecdotes. |
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| Coldwater Branch | 363.75 DOU (Text) | 35401424940624 | Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes : And Other Lessons from the Crematory
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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes : And Other Lessons from the Crematory
Caitlin Doughty is a licensed mortician and the host and creator of the "Ask a Mortician" web series. She founded the death acceptance collective The Order of the Good Death and cofounded Death Salon. Her first book, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory, was published in 2015. (Bowker Author Biography)
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