COMMON SKIPPERS by
15 Oct. 2022
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I was quite moved by this family drama centered around a hospitalized mother after suffering a stroke. I kept thinking about how we are never prepared to deal with or accept the end of life, yet we know its inevitability. Tori writes about this beautifully with three siblings each needing and wanting similar things yet stuck in their own way. The irascible mother may have wanted life to end in her own particular way, but what she ultimately needed is likely what we all need: to have our closest people by our side. ”