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On Wednesday, November 16th, at 7:00 p.m. central, the LaSalle Public Library will join libraries across the state in virtually hosting mortician and bestselling author, Caitlin Doughty, for a discussion on reform of Western funeral industry practices. <br/><br/>Caitlin Doughty is a mortician, advocate, and bête noire of the traditional funeral industry. Her educational web series "Ask a Mortician" has been viewed almost 250 million times and her three books were New York Times bestsellers - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, From Here to Eternity, and Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? She founded a Los Angeles funeral home as well as the funeral reform collective The Order of the Good Death, which spawned the death positive movement. <br/><br/>She will be interviewed by Mark Bazer, host and creator of “The Interview Show.” <br/><br/>This program is free, open to the public, and will be presented via Zoom. The event is made possible by Illinois Li