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From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
From Here to Eternity Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
Author: Caitlin Doughty
The best-selling author of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes expands our sense of what it means to treat the dead with ?dignity.? Fascinated by our pervasive terror of dead bodies, mortician Caitlin Doughty set out to discover how other cultures care for their dead. In rural Indonesia, she observes a man clean and dress his grandfather?s mummified body. G...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780393249897
ISBN-10: 0393249891
Publication Date: 10/3/2017
Pages: 224
Edition: 1
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5 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 33
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This book explores the manner in which different cultures have handled the bodies of their deceased loved ones from the beginning of time until the present.
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Even though I am NOT generally a lover of non-fiction, I thought this book was excellent!
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It is fascinating and will definitely challenge your beliefs surrounding death!
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As a bonus, it's an easy and smooth read. Large print, with good spacing, plus the wonderful addition of fascinatingly beautiful pen-and-ink drawings throughout that form a cohesive visual to what you are reading.
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The author is concise, yet thorough, in her writing. She also throws in some wit along the way!
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Chapters are organized by US states and countries, and include Colorado, Indonesia, Mexico, North Carolina, Spain, Japan, Bolivia, and California.

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