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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. Her first book, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory, was published in toon meer 2015. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder

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The Morbid Anatomy Anthology (2014) — Medewerker — 68 exemplaren
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Gangbare naam
Doughty, Caitlin
Officiële naam
Doughty, Caitlin
Geboortedatum
1984-08-19
Geslacht
female
Nationaliteit
USA
Geboorteplaats
Oahu, Hawaii, USA
Woonplaatsen
San Francisco, California, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
Opleiding
St. Andrew's Priory School
University of Chicago (BA|Medieval History)
Cypress College (Mortuary Science)
Beroepen
mortician
funeral director
author
blogger
Organisaties
Order of the Good Death
Death Salon
Agent
Sproul-Latimer, Anna
Korte biografie
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. [from Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (2014)]

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i had no idea that caitlin was publishing another book! this is already a must read, especially after reading from here to eternity. i can't wait til september, i need it now!
 
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lizjenkins | 47 andere besprekingen | Mar 10, 2024 |
The author does a great job reconstructing the world around her job as a cremation operator (something like that). And through this lens examines the commercial filters on the mainstream death industry.

Philosophical in a simple way.
 
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yates9 | 119 andere besprekingen | Feb 28, 2024 |
See the full review at baileysbooks.home.blog!

Recommended: Yes!
For anyone who will die or knows someone who will eventually die, for people curious about everything and anything, for my favorite mix of science and humor

Thoughts:
You know what, I just made this 5 stars instead of 4 because, as far as I know, nothing so approachable and clear has been put out there before. At least not in such a well-known and effective way! (FYI I totally gave this my vote for Goodreads' Choice this year!)

Funny. Honest. Accessible. Smart.
For me, a huge part of enjoying this was how funny Caitlin made it. She took death from being a terrifying and heartbreaking ordeal, to - let's say - giving it some life, and making it less scary by making it more understandable. A lot of the science of the process I was already familiar with from past courses in forensics, but her explanations were concise and easy for anyone to understand. And, also importantly, it wasn't boring in those moments that were heavy on the science and words that have latin bases and tend to strike fear into people's hearts. I trust that she knows what she's talking about in the way that she presents information, and she acknowledges other options and perspectives on things as well as giving her own opinions.

On that note, if you are highly squeamish, you will probably need to skip some sections in here, because she does go into detail. It's all respectful and factual, but if getting into the nooks and crannies of a body is going to be too much for you, that's a lot of what this book is by nature.
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