Beyond the Body Farm I just find overall fascinating simply because of the material. I find it neat reading about how the bodies were found and what happened to them. I find even more interesting how they go about identifying the victims. I honestly think I would love forensic work if I could guarantee I would never have to see a partially decomposed body. I think I would do ok with fresh or with burned but the gooey, smelly bodies are what I would have trouble dealing with! I have often thought about what field I could work in that would still be interesting but that I wouldn't have to encounter those gruesome bodies.
Now Barbara Walters' Audition I am also finding captivating but obviously for completely different reasons. Her life is like something out of a movie and has always been. I have only read up until her twenties so far but here are some things I've learned.
- Her father was in show business and was a highly successful nightclub owner. He also went between very wealthy to being very poor a couple of times.
- Because of this Barbara has always been around famous people since many of them performed at her fathers nightclubs or were patrons.
- She has an older sister who was mentally disabled, now she would most likely be labeled as autistic but back then that term didn't exist.
- She doesn't drive, just like her mother never drove. The only exception being that she drove a brief time while in college.
- The last I'll mention is that she was in the tv business at around age 20 writing scripts and producing segments!
Yeah, it is pretty much the smelly squishy part that put me off. I was actually torn between epidemiology and forensic science when I applied to grad school. Who knew that the people in academics could be way ickier than dead bodies....
ReplyDeleteAdding this one, and NutureShock, to the reading list!