具体描述
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).
作者简介
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.
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人生是一场倒计时，从我出生的那一刻起，我就离死亡越来越近。 早就知道这本书的存在，正处于迷茫时期的我对这个主题异常感兴趣。首先，本书描述了关于殡葬业的各种内幕，这是我不可能会有所涉及的行业，所以本书可以让我的认知有更大的宽度。其次，我从十岁起就被死亡这个话题...
评分2020年第一天读完的年度地一本书居然是讲告别的，这个开始我是没想到了٩( °༥° )و ₎₎ 随着年龄数字的不断叠加，儿时从电视机里、从书本里认识的人不断的离世，甚至周边的朋友也已经有因为意外、病痛提早告别的了。我不惧怕自己的死亡，我害怕我身边的人随着时...
评分哲学家塞內加说过：人生是通往死亡的一次旅行。但是我想没有几个人可以坦然面对这次旅行的终点，不论你是权倾天下如齐桓公，抑或富有四海如罗斯柴尔德，都无法保证自己的生前身后事是否体面从容，更别提生命意识消失以后的那种虚空了。所以人们习惯性逃避死亡、消灭衰老，而这...
评分小时候参加亲人的葬礼，父母总是把我们小孩保护的很好，不让我们看到遗体，据说是担心我们被亲人的灵魂给吓到，灵魂钻进小孩的身体和心理，就会被惊吓到，生病，发烧，后果严重。村里有人去世，送葬车从家门前经过，不论是一天里的哪个点，家家户户都会急急忙忙管好家门和窗户...
评分2020年第一天读完的年度地一本书居然是讲告别的，这个开始我是没想到了٩( °༥° )و ₎₎ 随着年龄数字的不断叠加，儿时从电视机里、从书本里认识的人不断的离世，甚至周边的朋友也已经有因为意外、病痛提早告别的了。我不惧怕自己的死亡，我害怕我身边的人随着时...
用户评价
死，然后成为安静的分子，构成晨间雾霭、暖阳里的灰尘。这不是对死亡的惩罚，而是对过得很好的一生的奖赏。
评分一本关于死亡的书，读着却不会让人感到沉重。读完之后，给人带来的并不是对死亡的恐惧，而是对生活的勇气。
评分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
评分this one is really good.
评分一本关于死亡的书，读着却不会让人感到沉重。读完之后，给人带来的并不是对死亡的恐惧，而是对生活的勇气。
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