from here to eternity by caitlin doughty

Death is a touchy subject for people to talk about, but Caitlin brings the discussion to the dinner table with this book that's both very educational and witty. There is a corrupt business in the death industry and I appreciate Caitlin being honest and bringing awareness to what's done outside of the US bubble.

This is very informative about how the world handles death vs the Western civilization. Featuring Gorey-esque illustrations by artist Landis Blair, From Here to Eternity introduces death-care innovators researching green burial and body composting, explores new spaces for mourning - including a glowing - Buddha columbarium in Japan and America's only open-air pyre- and reveals unexpected new possibilities for our own death rituals. With curiosity and morbid humor, Doughty encounters vividly decomposed bodies and participates in compelling, powerful death practices almost entirely unknown in America. She meets Bolivian natitas (cigarette- smoking, wish- granting human skulls), and introduces us to a Japanese kotsuage, in which relatives use chopsticks to pluck their loved- ones' bones from cremation ashes.

Grandpa's mummy has lived in the family home for two years, where the family has maintained a warm and respectful relationship. In rural Indonesia, she observes a man clean and dress his grandfather's mummified body.

The best-selling author of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes expands our sense of what it means to treat the dead with 'dignity.'įascinated by our pervasive terror of dead bodies, mortician Caitlin Doughty set out to discover how other cultures care for their dead.

From here to eternity by caitlin doughty