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Caitlin Doughty
Caitlin Doughty
Awards
Shortlisted — PEN Center USA Literary Award for Creative Nonfiction, 2015
Books by Caitlin Doughty
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
Paperback, 2015
"Morbid and illuminating" (Entertainment Weekly)—a young mortician goes behind the scenes of her curious profession.
From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
Hardback, 2017
A New York Times and Los Angeles Times Bestseller
The best-selling author of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes expands our sense of what it means to treat the dead with "dignity."
From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
Paperback, 2018
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, ...
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death
Hardback, 2019
Best-selling author and licensed mortician Caitlin Doughty answers real questions from childrenabout death, dead bodies and decomposition.
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: And Other Questions About Dead Bodies
Paperback, 2020
New York Times Bestseller
Winner of a Goodreads Choice Award
“Funny, dark, and at times stunningly existential.” —Marianne Eloise, Guardian
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
E Book, 2014
"Morbid and illuminating" (Entertainment Weekly)—a young mortician goes behind the scenes of her curious profession.
From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
E Book, 2017
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, ...
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: And Other Questions About Dead Bodies
E Book, 2019
Best-selling author and licensed mortician Caitlin Doughty answers real questions from childrenabout death, dead bodies and decomposition.