Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I haven't read (or in this case listened to an audiobook of) a story more insightful, funny, poignant, revealing, and informative in maybe ever, and especially not about the topic of death. Caitlin Doughty's stories are absolutely fascinating, at times hilarious, and often profound. I first heard her on a podcast about working in a crematory, and thanks to just how much fun her stories about the death industry come across, thanks to her natural genius of storytelling (and despite death being practically the dictionary definition of the opposite of fun), now I'm more informed about death than a person in our culture could ever expect to be under normal circumstances. For that reason, I'm deeply grateful for Caitlin and the work she does. I highly recommend this memoir-slash-philosophy opus to anyone who's ever been curious about what happens to our bodies after we die, and who the people doing it are. So good.
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