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From here to eternity

traveling the world to find the good death

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An edition of From Here to Eternity (2017)

From here to eternity

traveling the world to find the good death

by

  • ★★★★ 4.0 (6 ratings) ·
  • 74 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 10 Have read

Describes death customs and rituals from around the world, exploring how they compare to the impersonal American system and how mourners respond best when they participate in caring for the deceased.

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W. W. Norton & Company, W.W. Norton & Company
Language
English
Pages
248

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Subjects

Funeral rites and ceremonies, Death, memoir, Undertakers and undertaking, Cross-cultural studies, Travel, Bereavement, Dead, Death, social aspects, nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2017-10-22, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Personal Memoirs, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Death & Dying, Mourning customs, Social aspects, Funeral Rites, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Attitude to Death, Grief

People

Caitlin Doughty

Places

Indonesia, Bolivia, Japan, United States of America, Los Angeles, Mexico

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Cover of: From Here to Eternity
From Here to Eternity: Travelling the World to Find the Good Death
2019, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
in English
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From here to eternity: traveling the world to find the good death
2018
in English - Large print edition.
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Cover of: From Here to Eternity
From Here to Eternity: Travelling the World to Find the Good Death
2018, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
in English
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Cover of: From Here to Eternity
From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
2018, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W., W. W. Norton & Company
in English
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From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to find the Good Death
Oct 15, 2017, Recorded Books, Inc. and Blackstone Publishing
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From here to eternity: traveling the world to find the good death
2017, W. W. Norton & Company, W.W. Norton & Company
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From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
Oct 03, 2017, W. W. Norton & Company
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From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
2017 October 17, Recorded Books
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Cover of: Para Toda a Eternidade. Conhecendo o mundo de maos dadas com a morte
Para Toda a Eternidade. Conhecendo o mundo de maos dadas com a morte
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-248).

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Copyright Date
2017

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
363.7/5
Library of Congress
RA622 .D68 2017, GT3150.D68 2017

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Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xiii, 248 pages
Number of pages
248

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26929862M
Internet Archive
fromheretoeterni0000doug
ISBN 10
0393249891
ISBN 13
9780393249897
LCCN
2017025059
OCLC/WorldCat
971348404
Goodreads
122760744

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Work Description

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, From Here to Eternity is an adventure into the morbid unknown, a fascinating tour through the unique ways people everywhere confront mortality.
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