Title: From Here to Eternity
Description: Fascinated by our pervasive fear of dead bodies, mortician Caitlin Doughty embarks on a global expedition to discover how other cultures care for the dead. From Zoroastrian sky burials to wish-granting Bolivian skulls, she investigates the world’s funerary customs and expands our sense of what it means to treat the dead with dignity. Her account questions the rituals of the American funeral industry—especially chemical embalming—and suggests that the most effective traditions are those that allow mourners to personally attend to the body of the deceased. Exquisitely illustrated by artist Landis Blair, From Here to Eternity is an adventure into the morbid unknown, a fascinating tour through the unique ways people everywhere confront mortality.
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  [1]: http://caitlindoughty.com/books/from-here-to-eternity
Subjects: Funeral rites and ceremonies, Death, memoir, Undertakers and undertaking, Cross-cultural studies, Travel, Bereavement, Dead, Death, social aspects, nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2017-10-22, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Personal Memoirs, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Death & Dying, Mourning customs, Social aspects, Funeral Rites, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Attitude to Death, Grief
Places: Indonesia, Bolivia, Japan, United States of America, Los Angeles, Mexico
People: Caitlin Doughty