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Smoke gets in your eyes : and other lessons from the crematory /

The blogger behind the popular Web series Ask a Mortician describes her experiences working at a crematory, including how she sometimes got ashes on her clothes and how she cared for bodies of all shapes and sizes.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Doughty, Caitlin (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2014]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Doughty, Caitlin.
Undertakers and undertaking > United States > Biography.
Undertakers and undertaking > Anecdotes.
Mortuary Practice > United States > Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • Shaving Byron
  • Puppy surprise
  • The thud
  • Toothpicks in Jell-O
  • Push the button
  • Pink cocktail
  • Demon babies
  • Direct disposal
  • Unnatural natural
  • Alas, poor Yorick
  • Eros and thanatos
  • Bubblating
  • Ghusl
  • Solo witness
  • The redwoods
  • Deth skool
  • Body van
  • The art of dying
  • Prodigal daughter.