A scintillating novel about acerbic, ninety-year-old Anna who in
death is refreshingly freed from the chains of mortal life.
"Once her dying got underway, Anna could not really complain
about the way the process moved along." So begins this deftly
amusing, wryly perceptive look at the passing of a feisty, funny
woman. During the four-day limbo that bridges her death and burial,
Anna, who is "infinitely present, never dead, never stupid, and
never done with it all, " gets to investigate the preparations for
her own funeral, the true nature of her sister's suicide attempt,
and the revelations of her own sexual abuse by her
half-brother.
She contemplates her parents -- her impoverished Polish Jewish
mother, her father who was obsessed with his digestive system --
and she longs to remember her beloved husband, who is all but
buried by time. She considers the origins of her bigotry and her
reluctant capitulation to romantic and physical love.
In her final moments of consciousness, Anna has the last word on
her own secrets and crimes before stepping into eternity.
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