Caitlin Doughty 2 Books Collection Set - From Here to Eternity & Will My Cat Eat - Non Fiction - Paperback

Titles in This Set. From Here to Eternity: Travelling the World to Find the Good Death. Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And Other Questions About Dead Bodies. Condition: BRAND NEW. Format: Paperback. ISBN: 9789124101633. Publisher: W&N (Weidenfeld & Nicolson). Age Range: Adult / General Readership. Overview. This Caitlin Doughty 2 Books Collection Set bundles two acclaimed titles into a single brand-new paperback package. Blending dark humour, meticulous research and genuine compassion, Doughty explores how the world confronts death and the disposal of the dead. Perfect for fans of popular science and unconventional non-fiction, this set is a thought-provoking, funny introduction to the death-positive movement from one of its leading voices.. About the Books. From Here to Eternity: Travelling the World to Find the Good Death sees practising mortician Caitlin Doughty set out across the globe to meet cultures unburdened by the Western fear of dead bodies. From a family in rural Indonesia who lovingly maintain a mummified relative at home, to Bolivian ñatitas (wish-granting human skulls) and the glowing-Buddha columbarium of Japan, Doughty investigates funerary customs almost entirely unknown in the West. With curiosity and morbid humour she questions what it truly means to treat the dead with dignity, and reveals possibilities for our own death rituals that modern America has long forgotten.. Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And Other Questions About Dead Bodies takes on the frank, funny questions Doughty receives every day from her youngest fans. In thirty-five candid answers she covers the science and folklore of what happens to our bodies after death — why corpses groan, why nails appear to keep growing, and what causes the colour changes of decomposition. Told in her trademark blend of fact and gallows humour, it is educational and entertaining for curious minds of any age.. Two full-length paperbacks from a New York Times bestselling author in one set. Combines serious