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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

Biography & MemoirEssays
Pages
272
Published
2014
Language
English

Synopsis

Caitlin Doughty, the voice behind the popular Ask a Mortician blog, shares her experiences working in a crematory. She offers a unique and often humorous look at the realities of caring for the deceased, from the practicalities of handling bodies to the emotional toll of the job. This memoir provides an intimate glimpse into a profession rarely discussed.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

DarkFunnyReflectiveThought-Provoking
Fish Out of Water

Genres

Biography & Memoir Essays Sociology Biography Memoir

About the author

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Caitlin Doughty

Caitlin Doughty is a mortician, activist, and funeral industry rabble-rouser. In 2011 she founded the death acceptance collective The Order of the Good Death, which has spawned the death positive movement. Her first book, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, was a New York Times best-seller. She lives in Los Angeles, where she runs her nonprofit funeral home, Undertaking LA. Born on a balmy August evening on the decidedly un-morbid shores of O’ahu, Hawai’i, Caitlin was an even-tempered, bookish child. H...

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