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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory about?

"Morbid and illuminating" (Entertainment Weekly)—a young mortician goes behind the scenes of her curious profession. Armed with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre, Caitlin Doughty took a job at a crematory and turned morbid curiosity into her life’s work. She cared for bodies of every color, shape, and affliction, and became an intrepid explorer in the world of the dead. In this best-selling memoir, brimming with gallows humor and vivid characters, she marvels at the gruesome history of undertaking and relates her unique coming-of-age story with bold curiosity and mordant wit. By turns hilarious, dark, and uplifting, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes reveals how the fear of dying warps our society and "will make you reconsider how our culture treats the dead" (San Francisco Chronicle).

Who reads Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory?

Author

Caitlin Doughty

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780393245950

Category

science

Subjects

Memoir, Fiction, Science

Rating

4.06 / 5 (40 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13