Higgins's novel includes moments of profound sadness but also of comic relief. What situations, characters, or dialogue brought a smile to your face or made you laugh out loud?
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Higgins's novel includes moments of profound sadness but also of comic relief. What situations, characters, or dialogue brought a smile to your face or made you laugh out loud?
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I both smiled and had tears in my eyes when Lark notices Noni's hale appetite (page 202) and then comments about how it can be unpredictable even when someone is in hospice. The vulgar name calling a couple of pages after that is something that friends have experienced with family members in dementia care; it can provide a moment of comic relief even while one wipes away tears.
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Agree with the above comments in that Noni was by far the most entertaining character in the book. The falcon incident, although unrealistic, was snort-laugh worthy (and reminded me of something that might happen to Stephanie Plum’s Grandma Mazur or Miss Fortune’s Gertie).
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