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发表于2024-09-10
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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).
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.
light hearted read
评分题材很好,写的感觉一般啊,没有作者yt视频有意思
评分果然很有趣并且学到很多新名词
评分look into the eyes of your own mortality and corner your deepest fear. live a brave life and die a calm death.
评分Caitlyn Doughty 的 Youtube 频道 Ask A Mortician 我前段时间才关注,顺藤摸瓜找到了这本书,读下来果然不让人失望。Caitlyn 主张的 Death Positive 在她的很多视频里都有体现,但这本 memoir 因为结合了她在殡仪馆(火化师)、殡仪学校和个人家庭生活的经历,她的主张变得更生动、有支持、有力量。而且Caitlyn 真的很会写!!开篇写给第一个尸体脱毛就令人感到惊艳(这句怎么感觉怪怪的…)。Audio book 由她本人朗读,和她 on-camera 的幽默感一脉相承。总之就是无论是出于好奇、恐惧还是对死亡思考的目的,这都是一本非常值得推荐的好书~
关于死亡,今年以来我看过的讲的最好的书莫过于李开复的《向死而生》。“向死而生”是我国道家哲学里对死亡的一种阐述和认识,在《孙子兵法》里有“投之亡地而后存,陷之死地然后生。”的解释。死亡,在中国古代哲学体系里有非常严肃的讨论和定义,包括《聊斋志异》这样以鬼故...
评分8岁那年,凯特琳亲眼目睹了一个小女孩,从二楼的电梯口砸向一楼的金属柜台,自此死亡恐惧的种子在凯特琳的心中埋下,用现在心理学上的名词来解释,她不幸遭受了创伤后应激障碍。意外之后,凯特琳由衷恐惧死亡但又怀有病态的好奇。青春期一度沉迷于哥特文化,为了解中世界的死亡...
评分生命短暂又脆弱 有些人离开之后就再也不会回来,任你哭天抹泪,那种无力感,像黑夜要将你吞没。 生命有蓬勃生机的春天,也有落地腐烂的寒冬。死亡带走了一切,可有一样东西永远也带不走,那就是流淌在我们心中的爱。 分别是,知道会重聚,所以我们都在原地等待。 永别却是,很...
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...
评分只要是关于死亡的书,都很感兴趣,倒不是因为和作者一样有什么癖好,而是直面死亡才能消除对死亡的焦虑。 曾经生病的经历也让我有过死亡焦虑,死亡恐惧伴随了我可能两年之久,怕回到生病时生死一线的那种绝望和恐惧之中。归根结底,怕生病,怕受苦,怕死。 有个小伙伴,只要大...
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024