Staff Recommendations
Quirky Nonfiction & True Crime from Brent
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Smoke Gets In Your Eyes Caitlin Doughty
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Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Caitlin Doughty
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil John Berendt
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The Wicked Boy Kate Summesrscale
All of these books and more are available through OverDrive/Libby and RBDigital
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes: This debut is a hilarious and informative look at the life of a person working in the death care industry.
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: This irreverent and comedic book is filled with questions about death submitted by children. The author gives each question and honest response, no matter how unsettling. A must read for parents of children who ask questions like, “Will my cat eat my eyeballs?” (Also available here)
For more of Caitlin Doughty, check out her YouTube channel — Ask A Mortician.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A true crime mystery that reads like the most elaborate fictions, this it he story of the upper class Savannah, Georgia society and the murder that rocked their tight-knit community.
The Wicked Boy: A chilling story of a Victorian murder in London. You’ll never guess who committed the crime! It’s hard to believe this is a true story.
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