Smoke gets in your eyes
Subtitle: & other lessons from the crematory
By: Caitlin Doughty
Edition: First edtion.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780393240238
Subjects: Undertakers and undertaking; Biography; Anecdotes
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-254).
Table of contents: title: Shaving Byron; title: Puppy surprise; title: The thud; title: Toothpicks in Jell-O; title: Push the button; title: Pink cocktail; title: Demon babies; title: Direct disposal; title: Unnatural natural; title: Alas, poor Yorick; title: Eros and Thanatos; title: Bubblating; title: Ghusl; title: Solo witness; title: The redwoods; title: Deth skool; title: Body van; title: The art of dying; title: Prodigal daughter.