Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? : And Other Questions About Dead Bodies
(Author) Caitlin DoughtyCan we give Grandma a Viking funeral? Why don't animals dig up all the graves? Will my hair keep growing in my coffin after I'm buried? Every day, funeral director Caitlin Doughty receives dozens of questions about death. Here she offers her factual, hilarious and candid answers to thirty-five of the most interesting, sharing the lore and science of what happens to, and inside, our bodies after we die. Why do corpses groan? What causes bodies to turn strange colours during decomposition? and why do hair and nails appear longer after death? The answers are all within . . .
Caitlin Doughty
Caitlin Doughty is a best-selling author known for her book "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory." Her writing style is candid and darkly humorous, shedding light on death and the funeral industry. Doughty's work challenges societal taboos and promotes open conversations about mortality.