From her first day at Westwind Cremation & Burial, Caitlin Doughty threw herself into the gruesome daily tasks. From caring for bodies, picking up corpses from the morgue, sweeping ashes from the cremation machines (sometimes onto her clothes) and learning to deal with mourning families, Caitlin comes face-to-face with the very thing we go to great lengths to avoid thinking about – death. Now a licensed mortician, Caitlin tells the story of her apprenticeship with the dead. Full of bizarre encounters, gallows humour and vivid characters, this illuminating account makes this otherwise terrifying subject urgent and fascinating.
By: Caitlin Doughty
Published By: Canongate Books
Year: 2015
