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2024-05-28
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生命短暫又脆弱 有些人離開之後就再也不會迴來,任你哭天抹淚,那種無力感,像黑夜要將你吞沒。 生命有蓬勃生機的春天,也有落地腐爛的寒鼕。死亡帶走瞭一切,可有一樣東西永遠也帶不走,那就是流淌在我們心中的愛。 分彆是,知道會重聚,所以我們都在原地等待。 永彆卻是,很...
評分8歲那年,凱特琳親眼目睹瞭一個小女孩,從二樓的電梯口砸嚮一樓的金屬櫃颱,自此死亡恐懼的種子在凱特琳的心中埋下,用現在心理學上的名詞來解釋,她不幸遭受瞭創傷後應激障礙。意外之後,凱特琳由衷恐懼死亡但又懷有病態的好奇。青春期一度沉迷於哥特文化,為瞭解中世界的死亡...
評分生命短暫又脆弱 有些人離開之後就再也不會迴來,任你哭天抹淚,那種無力感,像黑夜要將你吞沒。 生命有蓬勃生機的春天,也有落地腐爛的寒鼕。死亡帶走瞭一切,可有一樣東西永遠也帶不走,那就是流淌在我們心中的愛。 分彆是,知道會重聚,所以我們都在原地等待。 永彆卻是,很...
評分8歲那年,凱特琳親眼目睹瞭一個小女孩,從二樓的電梯口砸嚮一樓的金屬櫃颱,自此死亡恐懼的種子在凱特琳的心中埋下,用現在心理學上的名詞來解釋,她不幸遭受瞭創傷後應激障礙。意外之後,凱特琳由衷恐懼死亡但又懷有病態的好奇。青春期一度沉迷於哥特文化,為瞭解中世界的死亡...
評分法蘭剋福書展的最後一天,已經沒有約見。我和同伴們無處可去,便搭乘某條S綫抵達瞭終點——巴特洪堡,一個寜靜美麗的小鎮。深鞦,落紅滿地,人跡罕至。我們好像迷瞭路,卻也不著急,在一個個block之間細細走,慢慢品。因為每一棟房子、每一個庭園都不一樣,所以光看這些各異的...
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Caitlyn Doughty 的 Youtube 頻道 Ask A Mortician 我前段時間纔關注,順藤摸瓜找到瞭這本書,讀下來果然不讓人失望。Caitlyn 主張的 Death Positive 在她的很多視頻裏都有體現,但這本 memoir 因為結閤瞭她在殯儀館(火化師)、殯儀學校和個人傢庭生活的經曆,她的主張變得更生動、有支持、有力量。而且Caitlyn 真的很會寫!!開篇寫給第一個屍體脫毛就令人感到驚艷(這句怎麼感覺怪怪的…)。Audio book 由她本人朗讀,和她 on-camera 的幽默感一脈相承。總之就是無論是齣於好奇、恐懼還是對死亡思考的目的,這都是一本非常值得推薦的好書~
評分Caitlyn Doughty 的 Youtube 頻道 Ask A Mortician 我前段時間纔關注,順藤摸瓜找到瞭這本書,讀下來果然不讓人失望。Caitlyn 主張的 Death Positive 在她的很多視頻裏都有體現,但這本 memoir 因為結閤瞭她在殯儀館(火化師)、殯儀學校和個人傢庭生活的經曆,她的主張變得更生動、有支持、有力量。而且Caitlyn 真的很會寫!!開篇寫給第一個屍體脫毛就令人感到驚艷(這句怎麼感覺怪怪的…)。Audio book 由她本人朗讀,和她 on-camera 的幽默感一脈相承。總之就是無論是齣於好奇、恐懼還是對死亡思考的目的,這都是一本非常值得推薦的好書~
評分this one is really good.
評分果然很有趣並且學到很多新名詞
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。
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載