From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
Fascinated by our pervasive fear of dead bodies, mortician Caitlin Doughty embarks on a global expedition to discover how other cultures care for the dead. From Zoroastrian sky burials to wish-granting Bolivian skulls, she investigates the world's funerary customs and expands our sense of what it means to treat the dead with dignity. Her account questions the rituals of the American funeral industry--especially chemical embalming--and suggests that the most effective traditions are those that allow mourners to personally attend to the body of the deceased. Exquisitely illustrated by artist Landis Blair, From Here to Eternity is an adventure into the morbid unknown, a fascinating tour through the unique ways people everywhere confront mortality.
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I greatly enjoyed Doughty's [b:Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory|25189315|Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory|Caitlin Doughty|https:i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1436549658l/25189315._SX50_.jpg|39962326], (so much so that it was likely my gateway book into non-fiction reading in general, as it was accessibly, interesting and engaging). It was therefore a delight to discover this title, which I listened to the audiobook edition of, and which I feel was equally as good.
My only qualm with this book is that it didn't quite flow at times, jumping back and forth with Doughty's train of thought - this lost me occasionally.
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