Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs: And Other Questions About Dead Bodies

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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 . . .

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Nobody likes to think about mortality, but if you're going to, there are far worse places to start than Doughty. WILL MY CAT EAT MY EYEBALLS is funny, dark, and at times stunningly existential, revealing not only how little we understand about death, but also how much kids can handle. As to whether or not your cat will eat your eyeballs You'll just have to read the book to find out - GUARDIAN

Unforgettable . . . a hilarious, poignant and impassioned plea to revolutionise our attitudes to death - Guardian on SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES

Nobody likes to think about mortality, but if you're going to, there are far worse places to start than Doughty. WILL MY CAT EAT MY EYEBALLS is funny, dark, and at times stunningly existential, revealing not only how little we understand about death, but also how much kids can handle. As to whether or not your cat will eat your eyeballs You'll just have to read the book to find out - GUARDIAN

Consistently good fun - SPECTATOR

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CAITLIN DOUGHTY was born and raised in Hawaii before gaining a degree in Medieval History from the University of Chicago. She currently lives in Los Angeles where she owns an alternative funeral home, Undertaking LA. She is the creator of the 'Ask a Mortician' web series, the founder of the death acceptance collective The Order of the Good Death and co-founder of Death Salon. She is the author of three New York Times bestsellers - SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY and WILL MY CAT EAT MY EYEBALLS