About the Book
About the Book
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: And Other Questions About Dead Bodies
Everyone has questions about death. In WILL MY CAT EAT MY EYEBALLS?, bestselling 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 --- WILL MY CAT EAT MY EYEBALLS? confronts our common fear of dying with candid, honest and hilarious facts about what awaits the body we leave behind.
Audiobook available, read by Caitlin Doughty
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: And Other Questions About Dead Bodies
- Publication Date: September 22, 2020
- Genres: Nonfiction, Sociology
- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
- ISBN-10: 0393358496
- ISBN-13: 9780393358490