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From Here to Eternity

Travelling the World to Find the Good Death

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From Here to Eternity

By: Caitlin Doughty
Narrated by: Caitlin Doughty
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As a practising mortician, Caitlin Doughty has long been fascinated by our pervasive terror of dead bodies. In From Here to Eternity, she sets out in search of cultures unburdened by such fears.

In rural Indonesia, she observes a man clean and dress his grandfather's mummified body. She meets Bolivian ñatitas (cigarette-smoking, wish-granting human skulls) and introduces us to the Japanese ritual of kotsuage, in which relatives use chopsticks to pluck their loved ones' bones from cremation ashes.

With curiosity and morbid humour, Doughty introduces us to inspiring death-care innovators, participates in powerful death practices almost entirely unknown in the West and explores new spaces for mourning - including a futuristic glowing-Buddha columbarium in Japan, a candlelit Mexican cemetery and America's only open-air pyre. In doing so she expands our sense of what it means to treat the dead with dignity and reveals unexpected possibilities for our own death rituals.

Read by Caitlin Doughty.

©2018 Caitlin Doughty (P)2018 Orion Publishing Group Death & Dying Sociology Tobacco Smoking Scary Thought-Provoking Indonesia

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really interesting book, I managed to finish it over the weekend. it made me think about my own mortality.

really interesting

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I think we in the west can learn a lot from other cultures. Some of these methods are more environmentally and economically sustainable than burying a body in a coffin in the ground. Caitlin reads this very well also, she has the voice of a smoker though - very husky and deep, soporific almost - and is so respectful of all the different cultures she discusses

Really very interesting

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A very interesting, insightful and informative book which discusses a subject which we rarely talk about ourselves. As well as sharing burial rituals from around the world, it also shares strategies and methods we can use (or should allow ourselves to use) to deal with the loss of loved ones and the theme of death itself. Whether you agree with these ideas or not, this is still a very good book to listen to. Really glad that I chose this book and am looking forward to learning more from Caitlin Doughty's experiences.

Very insightful and informative

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This is my second book by this author and I loved it even more than the first. I consider this a must read. It is incredibly educational, enlightening and incredibly moving. Honestly, I cannot say enough great things about it! enjoy!

Beautiful, Moving, Educational

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Really interestig book on a difficult subject. Handled with humour but also a deep respect for cultural differences in practices of dealing with the dead.

Great listen

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loved it, a whitty but factual book, loved the narration. something you cant put down

a comfortable understanding

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you will not be disappointed with this buy. Caitlin has such a way with her words. she captivates you with her bold descriptions and given the nature of the content she gets to the point while opening your eyes, we could all learn alot from her example

fabulous

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I would highly reccomend this to anyone. Especially those that wondered about different death practices.

Great book!

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iv been a fan of Caitlin for a good, long time and like her YouTube channel, this book is both informative, inspiring and entertaining. all round a great book we'll put together. that's always an extra extra bonus when they offer nairates there work but with this one it's even better as Caitlin has a great voice. would like a part two as in more death customs around the world.

should have listened to this a long time ago

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I like the way Caitlin is able to bring death to the table and talk about it rationally and openly. It is time that we were given freedom to express our fears and desires across the world and see how others cope so lovingly to care for their dead.
It is frightening that funeral homes have become big business and not the personalised funerals of our past. I am terrified of being buried alive and so I donated my body to doctors to train on. Sadly they need near normal bodies and I have two fistulas (holes from my gut to the skin. It is amazing to consider I have other choices. Thank you x

Brilliant as always.

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