As soon as I started listening to this book, I asked myself.... What are you thinking? Here I am, in a point in my life where friends are dying monthly (or sometimes weekly) and I choose to read about two friends, one of whom is dying! Do I really need to read about death and losing people we love? Well, as it turns out, I did need to read this book. It's a very well-written, thoughtful, hilarious, touching novel.
Ash and Edie have been friends since childhood, and once the doctors say that Edie doesn't have much time left, Ash moves her to a hospice close to her home. (Edie has a young son who she wants to protect from this process and so her husband and son stay in New York while Edie moves to be near Ash.) As Edie gets closer to death, Ash does her best to support her while at the same time she makes questionable choices in her personal life. The many peripheral characters (other hospice patients, staff, other family members) all play a role in this drama and yet they manage to be endearing and funny.
I highly recommend this one - especially the audio version.
But note to the author.... did you really need to have one character names Jules and one named Jude? Couldn't you have thought of a more unique name so old people like me don't get them confused??
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everyone should read this book
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