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New York Times and
Los Angeles Times Bestseller
“Doughty chronicles [death] practices with tenderheartedness, a technician’s fascination, and an unsentimental respect for grief.” —Jill Lepore,
The New YorkerTrade Review"Doughty is a relentlessly curious and chipper tour guide to the underworld, and the weirder things get, the happier she seems.… Her dispatches from the dark side [are] doing us all a kindness—offering a picture of what we’re in for, even if we’d rather not know." -- New York Times Book Review
"Illuminating.…
From Here to Eternity humanizes rituals that might otherwise seem unfathomable." -- Paste
"Thought-provoking.… Unless you and your friends are immortal, this book pertains to you." -- A. J. Jacobs
"Caitlin Doughty is razor sharp, and writes about death with exceptional clarity and style.
From Here to Eternity manages to be both an extremely funny travelogue and a deeply moving book about what death means to us all." -- Dylan Thuras, co-founder of Atlas Obscura
"Doughty writes bluntly about open-air cremations, natural burials and body composting, bringing a little more clarity and a little less mystery to the question: 'What happens to us after we die?'" -- NPR
"The macabre travelogue is a thoughtful reflection and a smart critique of the American funeral industry, with plenty of gallows humor thrown in." -- Smithsonian
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From Here To Eternity is fascinating, thought-provoking and—who would have guessed?—sometimes funny. Put it on your bucket list." -- Mail on Sundays
"It sounds a bit like
Eat, Pray, Die, but her project is much larger than its premise first implies. She is searching not for personal spiritual enlightenment or the morbid titillation of thana-tourism, but for practical, radical alternatives to our corporatized death industry. Her travels illuminate a host of compelling possibilities for better funerals and a less fraught relationship with our dead." -- New Republic
"Doughty finds the humanity in others cultures' relationship with death that seems to be lacking in ours." -- VICE
"This humane book gently provokes you to wonder: what exactly is your ideal funeral?" -- The Times
