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Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: And Other Questions about Dead Bodies

AUTHOR Ruz, DiannĀ; Doughty, Caitlin
PUBLISHER W. W. Norton & Company (09/22/2020)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)

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Everyone has questions about death. In Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?, best-selling author and mortician Caitlin Doughty answers the most intriguing questions she's ever received about what happens to our bodies when we die. In a brisk, informative, and morbidly funny style, Doughty explores everything from ancient Egyptian death rituals and the science of skeletons to flesh-eating insects and the proper depth at which to bury your pet if you want Fluffy to become a mummy. Now featuring an interview with a clinical expert on discussing these issues with young people--the source of some of our most revealing questions about death--Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? confronts our common fear of dying with candid, honest, and hilarious facts about what awaits the body we leave behind.

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ISBN-13: 9780393358490
ISBN-10: 0393358496
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 256
Carton Quantity: 36
Product Dimensions: 5.50 x 0.60 x 8.30 inches
Weight: 0.40 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Bibliography, Price on Product, Illustrated
Country of Origin: US
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Social Science | Death & Dying
Social Science | Form - Trivia
Social Science | Life Sciences - Human Anatomy & Physiology
Dewey Decimal: 306.902
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Everyone has questions about death. In Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?, best-selling author and mortician Caitlin Doughty answers the most intriguing questions she's ever received about what happens to our bodies when we die. In a brisk, informative, and morbidly funny style, Doughty explores everything from ancient Egyptian death rituals and the science of skeletons to flesh-eating insects and the proper depth at which to bury your pet if you want Fluffy to become a mummy. Now featuring an interview with a clinical expert on discussing these issues with young people--the source of some of our most revealing questions about death--Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? confronts our common fear of dying with candid, honest, and hilarious facts about what awaits the body we leave behind.

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Author: Doughty, Caitlin
Caitlin Doughty is a licensed mortician and the host and creator of the "Ask a Mortician" web series. She founded the death acceptance collective The Order of the Good Death and cofounded Death Salon. She lives in Los Angeles.
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