Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals about Death

Product Description Every day, funeral director Caitlin Doughty receives dozens of questions about death. The best questions come from kids. In�Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?, Doughty blends her mortician�s knowledge of the body and the intriguing history behind common misconceptions about corpses to offer factual, hilarious, and candid answers to thirty-five distinctive questions posed by her youngest fans. In her inimitable voice, Readers will learn the best soil for mummifying your body, whether you can preserve your best friend�s skull as a keepsake, and what happens when you die on a plane. From the Back Cover Praise for From Here to Eternity: "Doughty chronicles [death] practices with tenderheartedness, a technician's fascination, and an unsentimental respect for grief." - The New Yorker"[A] trustworthy guide through the repulsive and wondrous world of death...[Doughty] keeps us laughing." - Washington PostPraise for Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: "Demonically funny." - O, The Oprah Magazine"Frank...philosophical...engaging, and even wicked." - New York Times Book Review"From the opening line--'A girl always remembers the first corpse she shaves'--it's the very definition of morbidly funny." - Entertainment Weekly