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From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
Caitlin Doughty
4.32 AVERAGE
3.77k reviews for:
From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
Caitlin Doughty
4.32 AVERAGE
informative
reflective
medium-paced
I wish there was a 3.5. This book was a quick read. It really enlightened me about the work that Caitlin is doing to bring a more intimate relationship with death to the United States. I've been a fan of her YouTube channel for years. A lot of her writing is in the style that she speaks on her videos. I'm not sure I'm a fan for that in the written word, hence the 3.5.
From here to Eternity is an informative, sweetly sentimental overview of the diversity of death rituals around the world and a fantastic argument against the US' death-averse practices.
It's really refreshing to read about practices that may be considered macabre or appalling in a death-averse culture (ex. keeping a lock of hair from a dead loved one or revisiting their decomposed body) taken for what they actually are: a grieving loved one honoring who they've lost and doing what they can to remain close to that person. Learning a little about death practices around the world really warmed my heart and I love Doughty's argument that these practices give the grieving meaning and purpose at a time of incredible loss.
I've taken a lot of comfort in examining the profound beauty that can spring forth in the wake of deep loss; the sense of closeness to others, a deepened appreciation for the good in one's life, the simple beauty of the world we live in... Loss has brought me closer to myself and to others, and I love that this book showcases not just the ugliness of death, but the beauty of it as well.
Sidenote — this book made me realize that I want to be thrown into a dirt pit and composted or burnt on a pyre when I die. They both sound so cool.
It's really refreshing to read about practices that may be considered macabre or appalling in a death-averse culture (ex. keeping a lock of hair from a dead loved one or revisiting their decomposed body) taken for what they actually are: a grieving loved one honoring who they've lost and doing what they can to remain close to that person. Learning a little about death practices around the world really warmed my heart and I love Doughty's argument that these practices give the grieving meaning and purpose at a time of incredible loss.
I've taken a lot of comfort in examining the profound beauty that can spring forth in the wake of deep loss; the sense of closeness to others, a deepened appreciation for the good in one's life, the simple beauty of the world we live in... Loss has brought me closer to myself and to others, and I love that this book showcases not just the ugliness of death, but the beauty of it as well.
Sidenote — this book made me realize that I want to be thrown into a dirt pit and composted or burnt on a pyre when I die. They both sound so cool.
Absolutely loved this. It just reinforces the desire in me to work in the death industry.
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La description de la mort d'une baleine et de son corps qui devient un festin pluriannuel pour les petits poissons = peut être le meilleur truc que j'ai lu cette année
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