Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory
Most people want to avoid thinking about death, but Caitlin Doughty—a twenty-something with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre—took a job at a crematory, turning morbid curiosity…
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