★美国2015年黑马热销书，读者、媒体双料五星好评，被称为“美国的暗黑甜心”、“有毒的鸡尾酒”、“令人一路笑个不停的奇书”。
★一本改变你死亡观的动情之书。我们越了解死亡，就越了解生命和自己。
★中世纪历史专业出身的“乖乖女”美国殡葬业工作六年真实记录。一个不同寻常的成 长故事，一次对生命与死亡的沉思，一场和最勇敢的朋友进行的午夜墓地之旅。
★悲伤又搞笑、迷人又古怪、大胆直率、大开眼界、深深感动，作者犹如HBO好评美剧《六英尺下》走出来的人物，充满黑色幽默，将原本禁忌的话题变得平易近人，妙趣横生。
★“出于对死亡的恐惧，我们建造大教堂，繁衍后代，发动战争，凌晨三点上网看猫猫视频。”——本书作者 凯特琳·道蒂
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一位年轻的殡葬工来到幕后，大胆探究这门奇特行业可怕（但又迷人）的一切。
大多数人不愿思考死亡，但凯特琳•道蒂，一名二十来岁、中世纪历史专业出身的姑娘，选择在火葬场工作，将自己病态的爱好转变为一生的事业，她与形形色色的活人和死人打交道，努力在殡葬人的秘密文化中找到一席之地 。
本书讲述了一个不同寻常的成长故事，古怪的奇遇和难忘的场景比比皆是。凯特琳处理过不同种族、形状和遭遇的尸体，在这个过程中很快成为穿行于死者世界的探险家。她描写了自己如何从火化炉里清扫骨灰（有时弄得满身都是），讲述了火化和殡葬业的奇怪历史，并对不同文化中看似古怪、奇妙的丧葬习俗赞叹不已。
她用大胆直率的文风讲述了一个个令人大开眼界的故事，就像你和自己最勇敢的朋友来了一场午夜墓地之旅。她的文字真诚可信，略带讽刺的口吻不忘自嘲一番，原本禁忌的话题变得平易近人、妙趣横生。作为一名拥有从业许可、致力于非传统殡葬服务的殡葬人，凯特琳在本书中呼吁，我们身处在一个惧怕死亡的文化和社会里，应该有更妥当地处理死亡（及死者）的方式。
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这本书堪称矛盾混合体，悲伤又搞笑，迷人又古怪，充满了智慧，如同一杯有毒的鸡尾酒，即使你已经失魂落魄，也会让你欲罢不能。她带给死亡一丝生命的气息。”
——多黛•斯图尔特 网站副主编
一般像这样形象又病态的书会令它的读者陷入一阵忧伤，但是道蒂女士——这位令人信任的奇幻死亡之境的向导——却让我们一路笑个不停。
——《华盛顿邮报》
一本改变死亡观的书，不被道蒂的讲述启发是不可能的。
——《泰晤士报》
带着你意料之中的暗黑聪慧、可能意料之外的悲悯和洞见、强大的叙事能力以及生动的描写，作为殡葬从业人员，作者呈现出了心理学家们看起来已经忘记的保护机制——幽默。
——《新科学家》（世界第一的英国科学、科技新闻杂志）
我太享受作者的故事了，没想到在读到第二章的时候就放声大笑。作者的幽默感让这一切的描述免除了尴尬。
——读者 Hanna.w.
如果你不怕直视死亡，这本书是为你准备的。如果你怕，这本书可能更适合你。
——读者 Just My Op

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. 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 thirty-five 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? Readers 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. Beautifully illustrated by Dianné Ruz, 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.

A young mortician goes behind the scenes, unafraid of the gruesome (and fascinating) details of her curious profession.
Most people want to avoid thinking about death, but Caitlin Doughty—a twenty-something with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre—took a job at a crematory, turning morbid curiosity into her life’s work. Thrown into a profession of gallows humor and vivid characters (both living and very dead), Caitlin learned to navigate the secretive culture of those who care for the deceased.
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes tells an unusual coming-of-age story full of bizarre encounters and unforgettable scenes. Caring for dead bodies of every color, shape, and affliction, Caitlin soon becomes an intrepid explorer in the world of the dead. She describes how she swept ashes from the machines (and sometimes onto her clothes) and reveals the strange history of cremation and undertaking, marveling at bizarre and wonderful funeral practices from different cultures.
Her eye-opening, candid, and often hilarious story is like going on a journey with your bravest friend to the cemetery at midnight. She demystifies death, leading us behind the black curtain of her unique profession. And she answers questions you didn’t know you had: Can you catch a disease from a corpse? How many dead bodies can you fit in a Dodge van? What exactly does a flaming skull look like?
Honest and heartfelt, self-deprecating and ironic, Caitlin's engaging style makes this otherwise taboo topic both approachable and engrossing. Now a licensed mortician with an alternative funeral practice, Caitlin argues that our fear of dying warps our culture and society, and she calls for better ways of dealing with death (and our dead).

Fascinated by our pervasive fear of dead bodies, mortician Caitlin Doughty embarks on a global expedition to discover how other cultures care for the dead. From Zoroastrian sky burials to wish-granting Bolivian skulls, she investigates the world’s funerary customs and expands our sense of what it means to treat the dead with dignity. Her account questions the rituals of the American funeral industry—especially chemical embalming—and suggests that the most effective traditions are those that allow mourners to personally attend to the body of the deceased. Exquisitely illustrated by artist Landis Blair,
is an adventure into the morbid unknown, a fascinating tour through the unique ways people everywhere confront mortality.

• 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.

Most people want to avoid thinking about death, but Caitlin Doughty—a twenty-something with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre—took a job at a crematory, turning morbid curiosity into her life’s work. Thrown into a profession of gallows humor and vivid characters (both living and very dead), Caitlin learned to navigate the secretive culture of those who care for the deceased.
tells an unusual coming-of-age story full of bizarre encounters and unforgettable scenes. Caring for dead bodies of every color, shape, and affliction, Caitlin soon becomes an intrepid explorer in the world of the dead. She describes how she swept ashes from the machines (and sometimes onto her clothes) and reveals the strange history of cremation and undertaking, marveling at bizarre and wonderful funeral practices from different cultures.
Her eye-opening, candid, and often hilarious story is like going on a journey with your bravest friend to the cemetery at midnight. She demystifies death, leading us behind the black curtain of her unique profession. And she answers questions you didn’t know you had: Can you catch a disease from a corpse? How many dead bodies can you fit in a Dodge van? What exactly does a flaming skull look like?
Honest and heartfelt, self-deprecating and ironic, Caitlin's engaging style makes this otherwise taboo topic both approachable and engrossing. Now a licensed mortician with an alternative funeral practice, Caitlin argues that our fear of dying warps our culture and society, and she calls for better ways of dealing with death (and our dead).

A young mortician goes behind the scenes, unafraid of the gruesome (and fascinating) details of her curious profession.
Most people want to avoid thinking about death, but Caitlin Doughty—a twenty-something with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre—took a job at a crematory, turning morbid curiosity into her life’s work. With an original voice that combines fearless curiosity and mordant wit, Caitlin tells an unusual coming-of-age story full of bizarre encounters, gallows humor, and vivid characters (both living and very dead). Describing how she swept ashes from the machines (and sometimes onto her clothes), and cared for bodies of all shapes and sizes, Caitlin becomes an intrepid explorer in the world of the deceased. Her eye-opening memoir shows how our fear of dying warps our culture and society, and she calls for better ways of dealing with death (and our dead). In the spirit of her popular Web series, “Ask a Mortician,” Caitlin’s engaging narrative style makes this otherwise scary topic both approachable and profound.