Life Events

Life Events

First edition

Hardback (08 Jun 2020)

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Publisher's Synopsis

'Life Events' follows Evelyn, who, at thirty-seven, is on the verge of divorce and anxiously dreading the death of everyone she loves. She combats her existential crisis by avoiding her husband and aimlessly driving along the freeways of California looking for an escape-one that eventually comes when she discovers a collective of 'exit guides'. Evelyn enrolls in their training course, where she learns to provide companionship and a final exit for terminally ill patients seeking a conscious departure. She meets Daphne, a dying woman still full of life; Lawrence, an aging porn king; and Daniel, who seems too young to die and whom Evelyn falls for, despite knowing better, not to mention the exit guide code. Each client opens something new in Evelyn, allowing her a chance to access her own grief and confront the self-destructive ways she suppresses her pain.

Book information

ISBN: 9780374186951
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Imprint: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub date:
Edition: First edition
DEWEY: 813.6
DEWEY edition: 23
Number of pages: 275
Weight: 414g
Height: 146mm
Width: 216mm
Spine width: 30mm