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From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
Caitlin Doughty
4.32 AVERAGE
3.72k reviews for:
From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
Caitlin Doughty
4.32 AVERAGE
3.5
This was a really lovely and insightful book! Doughty has a clear and enjoyable voice, and while some of the specifics of various rites went over my head, I'm glad to have read these experiences. I only wish there were a few more chapters to cover more countries and cultures.
This was a really lovely and insightful book! Doughty has a clear and enjoyable voice, and while some of the specifics of various rites went over my head, I'm glad to have read these experiences. I only wish there were a few more chapters to cover more countries and cultures.
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“The site of the whale fall turns into a decades-long version of “Be Our Guest” from Beauty and the Beast, a debauched, celebratory party where creatures devour the whale “course by course, one by one.” The whale is the epitome of a postmortem benefactor, part of an arrangement as beautiful as it is sensible—an animal dying and donating its body so that others may thrive. “Try the grey stuff, it’s delicious,” the carcass seems to say. The whale, in short, is a valuable necrocitizen.”
Thinking of becoming a whale when I die
Thinking of becoming a whale when I die
Everyone should read this! You will learn how people all over the world grieve and treat their dead. There are uncomfortable moments where your own biases might be challenged.
I sat with my mother’s body for days after she died, and was able to mourn and fully process the loss I was experiencing. This book helped me understand those complex feelings I had at my mother’s death and why I felt so much closure and safety sitting at her side holding her hand, even after her life ended.
As always, reading about death, talking about death, learning about death, are meaningful ways to appreciate the impermanence of life.
I sat with my mother’s body for days after she died, and was able to mourn and fully process the loss I was experiencing. This book helped me understand those complex feelings I had at my mother’s death and why I felt so much closure and safety sitting at her side holding her hand, even after her life ended.
As always, reading about death, talking about death, learning about death, are meaningful ways to appreciate the impermanence of life.
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This was the last of Caitlin's books I was missing to read (that have been printed so far). Not my favorite of hers (that would probably be Smoke Gets In Your Eyes), but interesting nonetheless. I prefer her video content to her books, but listening to her audiobooks is a pretty similar experience. She is respectful and curious in how she explores other cultures, and I found the section where Sarah talks about her grieving journey really moving. Overall a pretty fast, interesting read, nothing that'll really hook you in my opinion though.
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This was really nice. I was afraid it would be a little too death-touristy, but Doughty was extremely respectful throughout and seemed to have spent time to understand the nuances. I found her message to be compelling, and it does alter how I think about death.
Entertaining and kinda morbid without trying too hard. Also *sky burials*!!!
Fascinating. I am a big believer that how we handle death in the US is sad, and not good for us. Separation and pretending it won’t happen, or fearing the body of a loved one is just heartbreaking. So seeing some other extremes from other cultures around the world was just wonderful!