Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?

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** *New York Times* bestseller Winner of a Goodreads Choice Award Funny, dark, and at times stunningly existential. —Marianne Eloise, *Guardian* ** Everyone has questions about death. In *Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?* , best-selling author and mortician Caitlin Doughty answers the most intriguing questions she’s ever received about what happens to our bodies when we die. In a brisk, informative, and morbidly funny style, Doughty explores everything from ancient Egyptian death rituals and the science of skeletons to flesh-eating insects and the proper depth at which to bury your pet if you want Fluffy to become a mummy. Now featuring an interview with a clinical expert on discussing these issues with young people—the source of some of our most revealing questions about death— *Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?* confronts our common fear of dying with candid, honest, and hilarious facts about what awaits the body we leave behind.