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4.13 AVERAGE
4.13 AVERAGE
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Very informative.
Some of these questions were really interesting, and I learned a few things!
informative
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funny
informative
fast-paced
What do you mean "THE END !?"
No please I want 300 more pages.
No please I want 300 more pages.
funny
informative
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
As the title suggests, the author answers questions about dead bodies in a professional yet unserious way. Answered questions I'd never thought of! I appreciated the concluding interview about children dealing with death very much also.
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audio // a fun listen of death questions asked by kids. Caitlin is witty & fun to listen to
Can learning about death be fun? Apparently it can. This is a great little book answering all the slightly spooky questions related to death from the eyes of the youngest of readers. I really enjoyed this book. Her writing style is very accesible to older and younger readers alike and tackles questions on anything from cremation to the hypothetical death on a space station.
“We can’t make death fun, but we can make learning about it fun. Death is science and history, art and literature. It bridges every culture and unites the whole of humanity!”
If you’ve spent any time around kids, you know they ask wild questions — turns out, this trend extends to the topic of death. Why don’t bugs eat people’s bones? If I died making a stupid face, would it be stuck like that forever? Can I preserve my dead body in amber like a prehistoric insect? Mortician Caitlin Doughty answers these and other genuinely interesting questions with her characteristic sense of humor and expertise.
I’ve been a fan of Doughty’s stances and sense of joyful macabreness for years, and it was so fun to hear the kinds of questions she gets “out of the mouths of babes” who have yet to develop the fears and filters that make death taboo. I find the human body and cultural practices/beliefs around death and dying fascinating, and I consider this Q&A a great addition to my “shelf of books that make normies super uncomfortable.”
A great read for those who love “weird” science, cultural studies, and want answers to questions they’re too afraid to ask.
If you’ve spent any time around kids, you know they ask wild questions — turns out, this trend extends to the topic of death. Why don’t bugs eat people’s bones? If I died making a stupid face, would it be stuck like that forever? Can I preserve my dead body in amber like a prehistoric insect? Mortician Caitlin Doughty answers these and other genuinely interesting questions with her characteristic sense of humor and expertise.
I’ve been a fan of Doughty’s stances and sense of joyful macabreness for years, and it was so fun to hear the kinds of questions she gets “out of the mouths of babes” who have yet to develop the fears and filters that make death taboo. I find the human body and cultural practices/beliefs around death and dying fascinating, and I consider this Q&A a great addition to my “shelf of books that make normies super uncomfortable.”
A great read for those who love “weird” science, cultural studies, and want answers to questions they’re too afraid to ask.