Summary of Caitlin Doughty's Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

By IRB Media

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

Book Preview: #1 Shaving the corpse is the most awkward event in a girl's life other than her first kiss or losing her virginity. The hands of time move much more slowly when you are standing over an elderly man with a pink razor in your hand.

#2 I had to wake up early, which was never my habit, and go to work at a crematory as a newbie crematory operator. The mortuary was nondescript from the outside, and I was terrified of getting fired.

#3 I had always been curious about death, but after I found out that all humans die, my terror and morbid curiosity had to compete. I was drawn to the bodies, the rituals, and the grief. I wanted the harder stuff.

#4 I was eventually assigned to be the crematorium’s mortician, which meant I had to shave and dress the deceased. I was not prepared for the gruesome task, but I did my best to sink or swim.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Feb 18, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669349365

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Insights on Caitlin Doughty's Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Shaving the corpse is the most awkward event in a girl's life other than her first kiss or losing her virginity. The hands of time move much more slowly when you are standing over an elderly man with a pink razor in your hand.

#2

I had to wake up early, which was never my habit, and go to work at a crematory as a newbie crematory operator. The mortuary was nondescript from the outside, and I was terrified of getting fired.

#3

I had always been curious about death, but after I found out that all humans die, my terror and morbid curiosity had to compete. I was drawn to the bodies, the rituals, and the grief. I wanted the harder stuff.

#4

I was eventually assigned to be the crematorium’s mortician, which meant I had to shave and dress the deceased. I was not prepared for the gruesome task, but I did my best to sink