About the Author

CAITLIN DOUGHTY is a writer, filmmaker and death-industry reform advocate. She has written three New York Times bestsellers (Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, From Here to Eternity and Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?) and created the 'Ask a Mortician' documentary series. She lives in upstate New York.

Reviews

Compelling . . . Doughty's writing will give you the giggles as well as send a chill down your spine - GUARDIANThink Bill Bryson doing an underworld special - THE TIMESDoughty is fun, with an eye for the bizarre and the absurd. She hits the road in quest of cultures untroubled by the western taboos surrounding mortality - SPECTATORFascinating, thought-provoking and funny. Put it on your bucket list - MAIL ON SUNDAY