Stiff, by Mary Roach
This is a great book. For those who know me, I often become fascinated by the gross parts. I like watching the shows on TV about cold cases, forensic science, serial killers, plain old crime, etc. These are things about the world which educate the mind of a quite paranoid little girls whose only concern is that her murderer will be found because she left behind enough clues. Disgustingly perverse, but what are you gonna do? Stiff tells the story of what happens to cadavers. Not only in modern times, but she travels back through history, sharing the various ways our hosts have been used in the name of "science." There is a chapter dedicated to satiating any curiosity: cannibalism, crucifixion, brains, grave-robbing, and even some mention about zombies. She has a great sense of humor that makes reading a book about bodies more bearable, and I admire any woman who went to the Tennessee Body Farm, and makes me laugh. Naturally, this isn't too hard because I'd love to go there myself. I'm fascinated.
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