Touching, well written and mysteriously moving, The Household Guide to Dying was worth reading. Delia is making lists of daily needs, wedding to do's, writing her final book and looking for a missing piece of her past. Delia is also dying and doing her best to do it well.
I enjoyed the book and discovering the answer to her question. It was nice to meet her family and heartbreaking to know the outcome for them in advance. Interspersed through her story written backward and forward were letters and replies to her household advice column that were entertaining and fun to read.
Favorite Quotes:
"The shabby old car was as radiant as a bride."
"Eight was when you attained a certain level of coolness...You were no longer in the infants' department at school...and you were allowed the heady freedom of using a pen instead of a pencil in class."
"Meanwhile, most afternoons the cockatoos came unannounced and noisily to the neighborhood, like a gang of hoodlums squealing brakes and burning rubber."
"The chickens were clustered in a corner of the yard, clucking and scolding like a bunch of old ladies harassed by schoolboys."
Overall Opinion:
I loved the vocabulary and I liked Delia's family. I was a little wishy washy on Delia, but felt for her in her need to prepare the way for her family. The Household Guide to Dying made me think about what I would need to do to prepare my own.
Rating:
It's Worth a Read
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