Author: Zoe FitzGerald Carter
Translator: Kyong-ok Jeong
Publisher: Tteul
336 pages | 223*152mm
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About This Book
Zoe Carter's busy life on the West Coast with her husband and daughters
takes an unexpected detour when her glamorous, independent-minded
mother, Margaret, decides she wants to "end things." Tired of living
with Parkinson's disease, Margaret declares she is no longer willing to
go where the illness is taking her. Unsure how -- or when -- she will
end her life, she is certain of one thing: she wants her three daughters
there when she does it.
Stunned by the prospect of losing her mother and concerned about the
legal ramifications of participating in her suicide, Zoe does what she
can to convince her mother to abandon her plans. But for nearly a year,
Margaret will talk of nothing else. Calling Zoe at random times of the
day, she blithely asks which would be better: overdosing on morphine or
Seconal? Getting help from the Hemlock Society or doing it on her own?
And when would be a good time -- February or May? Or how about June?
Shuttling between her family in California and her mother's house in
Washington, D.C., Zoe finds herself increasingly drawn into her mother's
"exit plans." She helps Margaret procure a lethal dose of drugs from a
local psychiatrist and endures a bizarrely funny encounter with Bud, the
Hemlock Society's "Caring Friend" who seems a little too eager to help
Margaret kill herself.
Anxious to maintain her role as "the good daughter," Zoe finds herself
in conflict with her older sisters, both of whom have difficult
histories with their mother. As the three women negotiate over whether
or not they should support Margaret's choice and who should be there at
the end, their discussions stir up old alliances and animosities, along
with memories of a childhood dominated by their elegant mother and
philandering father.
Capturing the stresses and the joys of the "sandwich generation" while
bringing a provocative new perspective to the assisted suicide debate,
Imperfect Endings is the uplifting story of a woman determined to die on
her own terms and the family who has to learn to let her go.
About the Author
Zoe FitzGerald Carter is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School and
has written for numerous publications including New York magazine, The
New York Observer, Premiere, and various national magazines. Imperfect
Endings is her first memoir. It won first place in the 2008 Pacific
Northwest Writer's Association's literary contest and was a finalist at
The San Francisco Writer's Conference. Zoe lives in Northern California
with her husband and two daughters.
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