Her mother, meanwhile, has sold her house and all its possessions-with the exception of Clara’s childhood books-and moved into a nursing home. When she learns that her mother has been diagnosed with dementia, she moves from Florida back to the Adirondacks, where she grew up. A luminous novel about a daughter who attempts to make peace with her mother, who's been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease McGhee revisits characters from Shadow Baby (2000).Ĭlara Winter, a preteen in the earlier book, is now in her early 30s, making a meager living writing eulogies or wedding tributes for $100 a pop.
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