Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematorium By Caitlin Doughty

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematorium By Caitlin DoughtyFrom her first day at Westwind Cremation & Burial, twenty three year old Caitlin Doughty threw herself into her curious new profession. Coming face to face with the very thing we go to great lengths to avoid thinking about she started to wonder about the lives of those she cremated and the mourning families they left behind, and found herself confounded by people's erratic reactions to death. Exploring our death rituals and those of other cultures she

Creating her own 'language of the senses'

a decent student

the jungle and all its creatures

and Entering the Kingdom

and a chance to see the world in surprising and affecting new frames

Known to all as “the Lady of the Camellias” because she is never seen without her favorite flowers

When a young man is found gruesomely murdered in a London houseboat

Luckily she has her best friend Lina’s spare key while she’s out of town

yet it still continues to inspire people around the world today

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In 17th century’s France

even as Sydney grows more and more suspicious about their friendship