carpe librum
seize the book
will be briefly featuring various book related topics
we also blog together on Book Club Thursdays (aka BCT) and on sundays (sunday spotlight)
today is future friday:
i think i may have blogged about this book in another week day post in the past but guess what...
i still haven't read it hence me featuring it today HA HA HA
Armed with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre, Caitlin Doughty took a job at a crematory and turned morbid curiosity into her life's work. She cared for bodies of every color, shape, and affliction, and became an intrepid explorer in the world of the dead. In this best-selling memoir, brimming with gallows humor and vivid characters, she marvels at the gruesome history of undertaking and relates her unique coming-of-age story with bold curiosity and mordant wit. By turns hilarious, dark, and uplifting, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes reveals how the fear of dying warps our society and "will make you reconsider how our culture treats the dead" (San Francisco Chronicle
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