Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: And Other Questions About Dead Bodies [Paperback]

A charming guide into something we take enormous pains to avoid. Theres 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 humor. My daughter hasnt put it down. She reads it out loud to me while we giggle. A delightful mixture of science and humor.& Entertaining. A surprisingly heart-warming read. Doughtys answers are as& distinctive as the questions. She blends humor with respect for the dead.& Her investigations of ritual, custom, law and science are thorough, and she doesnt shy from naming the parts of Grandmas body that might leak after she is gone.