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Smoke gets in your eyes and other lessons from the crematory

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Doughty, Caitlin
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2014]
Subjects:	Doughty, Caitlin. Undertakers and undertaking > United States > Biography. Undertakers and undertaking > Anecdotes.
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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.
Physical Description:	254 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9780393240238 (hardcover) 0393240231 (hardcover)
Author Notes:	Caitlin Doughty is a licensed mortician and the host and creator of the "Ask a Mortician" web series. She founded the death acceptance collective The Order of the Good Death and cofounded Death Salon. Her first book, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory, was published in 2015. (Bowker Author Biography)