A review by randi_jo
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

Going into this I was expecting some funny/shocking stories about working in the death industry mixed with some insider information. And while that's definitely something that I got from this, there was so much more to it: the reality that death is being commodified to the point of unaffordability, the erasure of death and its associations in our culture, and the realities of prolonging life. It makes me think more about what I want to happen to my own corpse after death, as well as broach the topic with family members.

On top of that, the audiobook is great and Caitlin is a massively engaging reader. Sounds like listening to my friend talk about her crazy stories during a lunch.
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