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From the author of Rabbits for Food comes a profound and deeply moving new novel about a middle-aged couple's struggle with the husband's descent into early onset Lewy Body dementia, shot through with Kirshenbaum's signature lacerating humor.

“Gutsy, funny, heart-wrenching.”—The New York Times Book Review

It begins with hallucinations. From…

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Kirshenbaum has the magical way of telling uncomfortable stories and this is no exception. It's a hard story, but it's so well done.

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