From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty

From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death

Caitlin Doughty with Landis Blair (Illustrator)

248 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction science travel informative reflective medium-paced
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Fascinated by our pervasive fear of dead bodies, mortician Caitlin Doughty embarks on a global expedition to discover how other cultures care for the dead. From Zoroastrian sky burials to wish-granting Bolivian skulls, she investigates the world’s...

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informative 91%
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funny 39%
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hopeful 24%
dark 23%
challenging 16%
lighthearted 11%
sad 5%
relaxing 2%
mysterious 1%

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slow 4%

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