In the Event of Death
- Author Kimberly Young
- Narrator Elise Arsenault
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Run Time 10 hours and 37 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Fiction: general and literary.
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What to expect
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.
Critics Review
“The characters are well realized, with lives that are plausible in today’s world. The Bay Area setting contributes to the overall storytelling. This is a nice addition to a women’s-fiction collection and would be a good book-club title.”
“Will challenge the way you think about death and make you laugh and cry while you rejoice in a family’s resilience.”
“That rare novel that is both hilarious and heartbreaking. Young perfectly captures the angst of middle age in this beautifully written story.”
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