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Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?

Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death

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Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?

By: Caitlin Doughty
Narrated by: Caitlin Doughty
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 What happens if someone dies on a plane?
Can we give Grandma a Viking funeral?
Why don't animals dig up all the graves?
Will my hair keep growing in my coffin after I'm buried?

Every day, funeral director Caitlin Doughty receives dozens of questions about death. In this book she offers factual, hilarious and candid answers to thirty-five of the most interesting questions posed by her youngest fans, sharing the lore and science of what happens to, and inside, our bodies after we die. Why do corpses groan? What causes bodies to turn strange colours during decomposition? and why do hair and nails appear longer after death? The answers are all within . . . Death & Dying Sociology Witty Funny

Critic Reviews

Nobody likes to think about mortality, but if you're going to, there are far worse places to start than Doughty. WILL MY CAT EAT MY EYEBALLS? is funny, dark, and at times stunningly existential. As to whether or not your cat will eat your eyeballs? You'll just have to read the book to find out
Fascinating. Taking a no-holds-barred approach, Doughty writes in visceral and engaging detail about an often taboo subject
Consistently good fun
There's serious science here, but also cultural lessons in death and dying, a little history, and a touch of gruesomeness wrapped in that shroud of sharp, witty humour
[A] delightful mixture of science and humour
Doughty's answers are as delightful and distinctive as the questions. She blends humour with respect for the dead . . . Her investigations of ritual, custom, law and science are thorough, and she doesn't shy from naming the parts of Grandma's body that might leak after she is gone
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A brilliant listen. Fascinating questions answered with compassion and humour. I discovered questions I had never considered and was entertained the whole way through.

Interesting

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"time to poo girl!" so funny, and other than that it's very interesting all I've ever wanted to know answered.

Interesting

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Great book and answered all those questions we wanted to know. Highly recommended great read

Great book

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I love the way Caitlin narrates her books. She makes the words come alive! She’s addressed these questions in a way that would make it easy for someone young to understand but also entertaining and informative for adults to listen to.

Amazing!

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love that there are so many questions about death
really hits the spot if you are someone who randomly thinks about these kind of things like me...
author does great job narrating, she makes it more comedic and quirky.

really fun and intriguing

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