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From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
A New York Times and Los Angeles Times Bestseller
“Doughty chronicles [death] practices with tenderheartedness, a technician’s fascination, and an unsentimental respect for grief.” —Jill Lepore, The New Yorker
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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Reviews
As an ER nurse this book gave me so much insight into others cultures. Should be a must read for all nurses who deal with death daily
By KateParaboschi
My internal monologue was Caitlin Doughty. Enjoyed every bit of it.
By Daisy Dayz
Amazing book!
By Mags67!
Beautiful! This brought me to tears and moved me. I feel a little more informed and can learn to value death in a whole new perspective! Bravo Kaitlyn you’ve done it again!
By deniedpoet
This book was lovely and moving, she creates an incredible ambiance and a wonderful narrative. I highly suggest this book, especially if it’s following her first book, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes.
By ActualAlien