First published 2014
Caitlin Doughty, the blogger behind Ask a Mortician, recounts her experiences working at a crematory. She describes getting ashes on her clothes and tending to bodies of all shapes and sizes with care and respect. Through these vivid, unsanitized stories, Doughty offers an intimate look at the often-hidden world of the funeral industry, challenging preconceptions about death and honoring the humanity in each person she serves.
Genres: death, non-fiction, biography-memoir
Vibes: dark, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: challenging-preconceptions, insider-perspective
Setting: United States
288 pages · Paperback · W. W. Norton & Company