Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

Title: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Author: Caitlin Doughty
Memoir: 1678161
ISBN: 9780393351903
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2015
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: Reprint
Section: Biography & Autobiography | Memoirs
Condition Note: New from the publisher
Publisher Description:

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).