內容簡介
面對死亡、屍體和腐爛，孩子們最直接的問題，就由《煙霧迷漫你的眼》作家、最風趣的禮儀師凱特琳‧道堤來回答
太空人的屍體被推出太空船之後會發生什麼事？人死了之後還會大便嗎？奶奶可以辦一個維京式的葬禮嗎？為什麼屍體會大叫？是什麼東西讓屍體在腐化的時候會變色？
每一天，身為禮儀師的凱特琳‧道堤都會被問起各式各樣的問題，但最好的問題通常都來自小孩，道堤將用自己的經驗和歷史，針對三十五個由孩子們提出的問題，給予最實在、好笑、又真誠的答案。
道堤用自身獨特的口吻，搭配知名插畫家Dianné Ruz的三十六張精彩插圖，用傳說和科學並進的方式來說明在人死之後，身體會發生什麼樣的轉換，讀者還會學到做木乃伊最適合的土、可不可以把好朋友的頭骨留下來當紀念，和如果在飛機上死了會怎麼樣。
Can we give Grandma a Viking funeral?
Why don't animals dig up all the graves?
Will my hair keep growing in my coffin after I'm buried?
Every day, funeral director Caitlin Doughty receives dozens of questions about death. In this book she offers factual, hilarious and candid answers to thirty-five of the most interesting questions posed by her youngest fans, sharing the lore and science of what happens to, and inside, our bodies after we die. Why do corpses groan? What causes bodies to turn strange colours during decomposition? and why do hair and nails appear longer after death? The answers are all within . . .
