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).
發表於2024-11-23
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剛拿到本書時,我得承認自己被雷到瞭,“暗黑甜心”、“毒雞尾酒”、“笑個不停”,還有艷麗的桃紅色腰封,這都什麼鬼?說好的殯葬業和火葬場呢?想想《入殮師》裏性冷淡的臉、有型的風衣、莊嚴肅穆的音樂,再看看這個,深深懷疑我收錯書瞭。確認下書名,沒錯,就是它。 這是...
評分我們經常和火葬場打交道,隨著年齡的增長,幾乎每年都要到火葬場去送彆幾位同事同學或者朋友的父母。可是我們卻都不瞭解火葬場,也沒機會去瞭解。如果不是去送葬,我們就是路過火葬場也會避之而去,那裏實在是陰森恐怖。 可是手中的這本書,卻是在講述火葬場的故事。當...
評分人生是一場倒計時,從我齣生的那一刻起,我就離死亡越來越近。 早就知道這本書的存在,正處於迷茫時期的我對這個主題異常感興趣。首先,本書描述瞭關於殯葬業的各種內幕,這是我不可能會有所涉及的行業,所以本書可以讓我的認知有更大的寬度。其次,我從十歲起就被死亡這個話題...
評分老百姓有一句話“這日子,開心是過,不開心也是過,怎麼都是一輩子。”初聽來不過是一句樸實無華的傢常話,可是仔細想想竟然蘊藏瞭人生的終極真相,那就是——人都是會死的。 我們的教育我們的人生觀、世界觀都是本能的逃避死亡的,凡是和死亡有關的,似乎都是避之不及,都是...
評分剛拿到本書時,我得承認自己被雷到瞭,“暗黑甜心”、“毒雞尾酒”、“笑個不停”,還有艷麗的桃紅色腰封,這都什麼鬼?說好的殯葬業和火葬場呢?想想《入殮師》裏性冷淡的臉、有型的風衣、莊嚴肅穆的音樂,再看看這個,深深懷疑我收錯書瞭。確認下書名,沒錯,就是它。 這是...
圖書標籤: Death 美國文學 英語原版 生命 美國 √電子版 生活 活著
The most witty book that I read, and the topic of death has occurred to me thousands of times. I have a friend who dies at Berkeley, on Shuttuck Ave that appears in this book, and his funeral service is hold in Oakland, the same place the stories happened in the book. This makes this book so real-life to me, and it does make me feel much better
評分還不錯,前麵大部分比較好看,看她工作的那段經曆,能正麵死亡的確是最好的態度瞭,不遮遮掩掩。最後一部分比較無聊瞭講她自己的蛻變。
評分還不錯,前麵大部分比較好看,看她工作的那段經曆,能正麵死亡的確是最好的態度瞭,不遮遮掩掩。最後一部分比較無聊瞭講她自己的蛻變。
評分確實是一本有趣的書。用詼諧的口吻描述入殮師的工作和自身經歷。絕望過,想過要自殺,但整個描述的過程,卻不讓人覺得沉重,這點讓我很喜歡。隨著閱讀量和年齡的變化,對書籍的挑選和閱讀也開始越來越奇怪。一方麵,越來越認可和欣賞經典文學作品。另一方麵,對於冷門或邊緣話題的書籍開始產生濃厚興趣。
評分一本關於死亡的書,讀著卻不會讓人感到沉重。讀完之後,給人帶來的並不是對死亡的恐懼,而是對生活的勇氣。
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載