Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty
A young mortician goes behind the scenes, unafraid of the gruesome (and fascinating) details of her curious profession.
"[Doughty’s] sincere, hilarious, and perhaps life-altering memoir is a must-read for anyone who plans on dying" -- Katharine Fronk - Booklist, Starred review
"Caitlin Doughty is best known for her YouTube series Ask a Mortician, and she brings the same charisma and drollery to her essay collection Smoke Gets in Your Eyes. Think Sloane Crosley meets Six Feet Under." -- Kevin Nguyen - Grantland
"Entertaining and thought-provoking." -- Julia Jenkins - Shelf Awareness
"Demonically funny dispatches." -- O Magazine
"Morbid and illuminating." -- Entertainment Weekly
"A book as graphic and morbid as this one could easily suck its readers into a bout of sorrow, but Doughty—a trustworthy tour guide through the repulsive and wondrous world of death—keeps us laughing." -- Rachel Lubitz - Washington Post
"Doughty reels you in with wonderful anecdotes about her work. Intermixed with the humor is a love of life that will make you reconsider how our culture treats the dead." -- San Francisco Chronicle
"Caitlin Doughty is best known for her YouTube series Ask a Mortician, and she brings the same charisma and drollery to her essay collection Smoke Gets in Your Eyes. Think Sloane Crosley meets Six Feet Under." -- Kevin Nguyen - Grantland
"Entertaining and thought-provoking." -- Julia Jenkins - Shelf Awareness
"Demonically funny dispatches." -- O Magazine
"Morbid and illuminating." -- Entertainment Weekly
"A book as graphic and morbid as this one could easily suck its readers into a bout of sorrow, but Doughty—a trustworthy tour guide through the repulsive and wondrous world of death—keeps us laughing." -- Rachel Lubitz - Washington Post
"Doughty reels you in with wonderful anecdotes about her work. Intermixed with the humor is a love of life that will make you reconsider how our culture treats the dead." -- San Francisco Chronicle
Caitlin Doughty is a mortician and the New York Times best-selling author of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, From Here to Eternity, and Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? She is the creator of the web series Ask a Mortician, and the founder of The Order of the Good Death. She lives in Los Angeles, California, where she owns a funeral home.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393240238 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393240231 |
| Title | Smoke Gets in Your Eyes |
| Author | Caitlin Doughty |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2014-10-21 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Prizes | Runner-up for Discover Great New Writers (Nonfiction) 2014, Commended for Literary Award (Creative Nonfiction) 2015 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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