Susan Varga
UWA Press
ISBN: 9781921401237

Julia has suddenly lost her husband and, along with him, her will to live. The vital, energetic old woman that her daughter Kati thought she knew has disappeared almost overnight. How is Kati to cope with a mother constantly on the verge of suicide?

Against the backdrop of the Howard Government’s Australia, a daughter tells the dramatic story of her elderly mother’s desire to die.

This finely wrought tale of love and confl ict casts a searchlight into dark areas – how people deal with ageing, loss, death and grief. At what point are you allowed to say ‘Life is not worth living’?

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