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Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals
Written by Caitlin Doughty
Narrated by Caitlin Doughty
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals
Written by Caitlin Doughty
Narrated by Caitlin Doughty
Description
Best-selling author and mortician Caitlin Doughty answers real questions from kids about death, dead bodies, and decomposition.
Every day, funeral director Caitlin Doughty receives dozens of questions about death. The best questions come from kids. What would happen to an astronaut’s body if it were pushed out of a space shuttle? Do people poop when they die? Can Grandma have a Viking funeral?
In Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?, Doughty blends her mortician’s knowledge of the body and the intriguing history behind common misconceptions about corpses to offer factual, hilarious, and candid answers to 35 distinctive questions posed by her youngest fans. In her inimitable voice, Doughty details lore and science of what happens to, and inside, our bodies after we die. Why do corpses groan? What causes bodies to turn colors during decomposition? And why do hair and nails appear longer after death? Listeners will learn the best soil for mummifying your body, whether you can preserve your best friend’s skull as a keepsake, and what happens when you die on a plane.
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? shows us that death is science and art, and only by asking questions can we begin to embrace it.
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4.4Reader reviews
- (5/5)In the tradition of Caitlin Doughty's YouTube series (Ask a Mortician), previous books, and podcast (Death in the Afternoon), this book is a frank and empathetic approach to questions that people, in this case, specifically children, have about death and dying.
- (5/5)I practically absorbed all three books. She has an amazing, fun, down to earth style and fears no question.
- (5/5)Caitlyn is a very engaging and articulate woman who normalizes death and dying in a tactful way. I enjoyed listening to this and learned a lot!
- (5/5)Loved the book! I will for sure listen over and over again.
- (5/5)Funny, informational and very simply explained. Caitlin Doughty makes very interesting videos, and this book is not different!
- (4/5)This was very informative. She managed to make talking about dead bodies fun and interesting!