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Book

Smoke gets in your eyes : & other lessons from the crematory

Call Number

  • 921 D732 (CEN, OSH, WSQ)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2014]

Physical Description

x, 254 pages ; 22 cm

Summary

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.

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.

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