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. She lives in Los Angeles.
A young mortician goes behind the scenes, unafraid of the gruesome (and fascinating) details of her curious profession.
Most people want to avoid thinking about death, but Caitlin Doughty—a twenty-something with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre—took a job at a crematory, turning morbid curiosity into her life’s work. Thrown into a profession of gallows humor and vivid characters (both living and very dead), Caitlin learned to navigate the secretive culture of those who care for the deceased.
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes tells an unusual coming-of-age story full of bizarre encounters and unforgettable scenes. Caring for dead bodies of every color, shape, and affliction, Caitlin soon becomes an intrepid explorer in the world of the dead. She describes how she swept ashes from the machines (and sometimes onto her clothes) and reveals the strange history of cremation and undertaking, marveling at bizarre and wonderful funeral practices from different cultures.
Her eye-opening, candid, and often hilarious story is like going on a journey with your bravest friend to the cemetery at midnight. She demystifies death, leading us behind the black curtain of her unique profession. And she answers questions you didn’t know you had: Can you catch a disease from a corpse? How many dead bodies can you fit in a Dodge van? What exactly does a flaming skull look like?
Honest and heartfelt, self-deprecating and ironic, Caitlin's engaging style makes this otherwise taboo topic both approachable and engrossing. Now a licensed mortician with an alternative funeral practice, Caitlin argues that our fear of dying warps our culture and society, and she calls for better ways of dealing with death (and our dead).
人生是一场倒计时,从我出生的那一刻起,我就离死亡越来越近。 早就知道这本书的存在,正处于迷茫时期的我对这个主题异常感兴趣。首先,本书描述了关于殡葬业的各种内幕,这是我不可能会有所涉及的行业,所以本书可以让我的认知有更大的宽度。其次,我从十岁起就被死亡这个话题...
评分老百姓有一句话“这日子,开心是过,不开心也是过,怎么都是一辈子。”初听来不过是一句朴实无华的家常话,可是仔细想想竟然蕴藏了人生的终极真相,那就是——人都是会死的。 我们的教育我们的人生观、世界观都是本能的逃避死亡的,凡是和死亡有关的,似乎都是避之不及,都是...
评分文/夏丽柠 海德格尔说:当你无限接近死亡,才能体会生的意义。我们恐怕没有那么多机会接近死亡。不过,有这么位美国姑娘就整日与死亡为武,并将切身体会写成了《烟雾弥漫你的眼》。在书里她谈笑风生,说起死来就像我们谈论生。显然,这是一本奇葩作者写的奇葩书。 凯特林•...
评分2020年第一天读完的年度地一本书居然是讲告别的,这个开始我是没想到了٩( °༥° )و ₎₎ 随着年龄数字的不断叠加,儿时从电视机里、从书本里认识的人不断的离世,甚至周边的朋友也已经有因为意外、病痛提早告别的了。我不惧怕自己的死亡,我害怕我身边的人随着时...
评分小时候参加亲人的葬礼,父母总是把我们小孩保护的很好,不让我们看到遗体,据说是担心我们被亲人的灵魂给吓到,灵魂钻进小孩的身体和心理,就会被惊吓到,生病,发烧,后果严重。村里有人去世,送葬车从家门前经过,不论是一天里的哪个点,家家户户都会急急忙忙管好家门和窗户...
一本关于死亡的书,读着却不会让人感到沉重。读完之后,给人带来的并不是对死亡的恐惧,而是对生活的勇气。
评分还不错,前面大部分比较好看,看她工作的那段经历,能正面死亡的确是最好的态度了,不遮遮掩掩。最后一部分比较无聊了讲她自己的蜕变。
评分4/5 In her 'morbidly insightful' debut, Doughty demystifies the undertaking industry and, through her research into jaw-dropping death rituals and galore charnel anecdotes, brings us face to face with death.This book has the explosive power to shift our current death-denial culture and lead us into the Danse Macabre with peace, joy and celebration
评分殡仪馆记事 很丧 又有点好玩 后来因为害怕没有看完。。推荐给胆儿大的人 当你开始思考死亡的时候
评分死亡是一个很禁忌的话题,但是作者却把这个话题写得轻松,幽默却不乏思考。在作者讲述完毕她自己的经历之后,在书的最后几章里提到对死亡的思考,对死亡仪式的尊重,对什么是好的死亡的理解,把这本书收尾在最秒之处。非常好的阅读体验。
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