
Just days before her eightieth birthday, Pearl Williams has the gall to up and die on everyone. Now her granddaughters must make plans for a proper send-off…all while their own lives unravel a little more each day. Tara, the pastor’s wife, makes a series of decisions that could scatter his flock. Then there’s June, who would do anything to have a baby of her own, even if her husband won’t. Clementine, the youngest, is entangled in an affair with her professor, desperate to ignore who he really is. Finally, there’s Stephanie, the sister-in-law—an outsider who knows all… Read more.
Trigger and Content Warnings
- Divorce (protagonist)
- Miscarriage mentioned
- Kidnapping of a newborn
- Medical treatment & hospitalisation discussed (protagonist is a nurse)
- Death of a grandmother mentioned
- Murder
