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

Caitlin Doughty

Sep 2019 · W. W. Norton & Company

About this ebook

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.

Ratings and reviews

Another interesting read from Caitlin. This one is short and easy around 4.5 hours. I enjoy her writing style despite the morbid topic; she's funny, witty, and explains things in an engaging way. Check out all of her books — she has 3 good ones you should read.

Once again she makes a beautiful book. I loved how each part was little shorts for answers. Making it a very easy read when having spare time. ♡

I have read ALL her books! They are ALL AMAZING!!!

About the author

Caitlin Doughty is a mortician and the New York Times best-selling author of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, From Here to Eternity, and Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? She is the creator of the web series Ask a Mortician, and the founder of The Order of the Good Death. She lives in Los Angeles, California, where she owns a funeral home.