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Here Lies

Here Lies

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ISBN10: 0802160441
ISBN13: 9780802160447
Publisher: Grove Pr
Published: Apr 18 2023
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.55 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.20
Language: English
Awards: Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards

The debut novel from the Munro-esque (Houston Post) author of Disasters in the First World, Here Lies is Olivia Clare Friedman's visceral and portentous look at mourning, memory, and motherhood in an alternate Louisiana ravaged by climate change.

Louisiana, 2042. Spurred by the effects of climate change, states have closed graveyards and banned burials, making cremation mandatory and the ashes of loved ones state-owned unless otherwise claimed. In the small town of St. Genevieve, Alma lives alone and struggles to grieve in the wake of her young mother Naomi's death, during which Alma failed to honor Naomi's final wishes. Now, Alma decides to fight to reclaim Naomi's ashes, a journey of unburial that will bring into her life a mysterious and fiercely loyal stranger, Bordelon, who appears in St. Genevieve after a storm, as well as a group of strong, rebellious local women who, together, teach Alma anew the meaning of family and strength.

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