Undercurrents of Grief and Bereavement

Leaving The Gravesite is a true story of a dying 27 year-old woman who must come to grips with the “positive” and “negative” sides of her will.

The central character is a real person who, at only 7 years-old, made a decision of how she would die.  Twenty years later, she comes very close to effectively bringing that decision to culmination, despite being placed in hospital.  To her, this is a matter of will over medication and treatment for which she has no faith. 

For the casual reader, life is right there on the page.  For those who like undercurrent, there are many powerful subtleties dropped into every scene, alluding to other considerable backstories off the page.  The undercurrents reveal how the relationships developed which end up driving the central character’s behavior   No matter how many times I read her story, and that would be several times, there is something else for me to ponder deeply.