In the Event of Death
A Novel
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4.0 • 5 Ratings
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
“In this poignant story, Kimberly Young explores one woman’s struggle to come to terms with a childhood trauma that threatens to cripple her just when her family needs her the most. In the Event of Death will challenge the way you think about death, and make you laugh and cry while you rejoice in a family’s resilience.”
—Tracey Lange, New York Times bestselling author of We Are the Brennans
When the Recession crushes their splashy event business in Silicon Valley, Liz Becker and Gabbi Rossi realize that parties are on hold—but funerals must go on.
Planning a memorial with flowers, music, and food isn’t that different from a wedding, right? But Liz has had a crippling fear of death since losing her younger sister in a childhood tragedy. Knowing her husband and twin sons depend on her income, she reluctantly agrees to produce end-of-life events. As Gabbi promised, the money starts rolling in. When an old real estate tycoon hires them to plan his “after party,” Liz finds an unlikely mentor. Just as things are looking up, she learns that someone she loves has a serious illness. Death planning gets personal.
Customer Reviews
IN THE EVENT OF DEATH
Kim Young has written a compelling story about a subject that is too often off-limits – death and dying – in a manner that is special and memorable. It is storytelling at its best that allows the reader to experience the anguished mixture of thoughts and emotions of a family dealing with a beloved mother's/grandmother’s serious illness. That both mother and daughter were able to find peace when the end finally came provided an important perspective to the sadness we all expect to occur someday in our own lives. This is an unexpected gift that she has given the grateful readers of her book.