Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death

• What would happen to an astronaut’s body in space?
• Will I poop when I die?
• Can we give Grandma a Viking funeral?
Everyone has questions about death. In
, best-selling author and mortician Caitlin Doughty answers the most intriguing questions she’s ever received about what happens to our bodies when we die. In a brisk, informative, and morbidly funny style, Doughty explores everything from ancient Egyptian death rituals and the science of skeletons to flesh-eating insects and the proper depth at which to bury your pet if you want Fluffy to become a mummy. Now featuring an interview with a clinical expert on discussing these issues with young people—the source of some of our most revealing questions about death—
confronts our common fear of dying with candid, honest, and hilarious facts about what awaits the body we leave behind.