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 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 0393240231 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: x, 254 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2014]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-254). |
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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- 1 of 1 copy available at Lackawanna County Library System.
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