![]() ![]() Doughty's writing will give you the giggles as well as send a chill down your spine * GUARDIAN *įrom Here To Eternity is fascinating, thought-provoking and - who would have guessed? - sometimes funny. Her mission is to 'reclaim public understanding of dying' and to bring individuality and joy back into our dealings with the dead - Nicci Gerard * OBSERVER *Ĭompelling. Jaunty, boisterous and unsentimental, Doughty believes that we in the West have made death and its aftermath into a corporate, perfunctory affair, in which the meaning of an ending is denied. ![]() This humane book gently provokes you to wonder: what exactly is your ideal funeral? * THE TIMES *Ĭaitlin Doughty, joyful member of the death-positive movement, describes what happens to our mortal remains with relish. Think Bill Bryson doing an underworld special. Each chapter covers a culture with a highly distinctive and apparently ghastly approach to their dearly departed. ![]()
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