Leaving Beautifully. Amazing Funeral Rites of Different Countries

Caitlin Doughty is the head of a funeral home in Los Angeles, a writer, and a popular YouTube blogger. Her first book "When Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory" instantly became a bestseller on Amazon. In her new book, the author engagingly and ironically recounts her travels around the world, the burial rituals, and the traditions of saying goodbye to the deceased practiced by different peoples. Caitlin Doughty reflects on why, in the West, the organization of funerals has turned into a hidden and quite profitable business? How did it happen that relatives and close ones of the deceased became completely alienated from the sterile process of funerals? Is it true that the participation of relatives in farewell rites helps them accept and cope with the death of a loved one more easily?