Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES: AND OTHER LESSONS FROM THE CREMATORIUM Book Cover SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES: AND OTHER LESSONS FROM THE CREMATORIUM
Caitlin Doughty
Allen & Unwin, RRP $27.99
April 2015

Death. It’s not a topic most people like to linger on. And those who do perhaps feel they are indulging in morbid and shameful thoughts. Our modern Western societies seem to have done away with death, making it as foreign and invisible as possible so that the living can get on with living… and with spending money.

For me, however, death has always held a fascination. My bookshelves contain probably more books dealing with death and burial practices than might be considered decent. And perhaps the less said about my obsession with the Black Death and with transi tombs, the better.

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