Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory

A series of memoirs that offer an interesting view of the death industry. Doughty works at a crematory, but is skeptical of many aspects of the industry, especially the act of embalming. She shares many fascinating ideas on topics ranging from the many methods of corpse disposal to our country's willful ignorance of the presence of death. While this definitely reads like a person's first publication, a lot of great points are made. I feel that everyone should find a book that discusses this type of topic, and this one is as good as any.