| Author: | Merilyn Simonds | ISBN: | 9780994841834 |
| Publisher: | Merilyn Simonds Publications | Publication: | September 12, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Merilyn Simonds |
| ISBN: | 9780994841834 |
| Publisher: | Merilyn Simonds Publications |
| Publication: | September 12, 2015 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
On the sudden death of her husband, Mary Ann sells her worldly possessions and sets off to visit seven people she has never met.
Originally published in the anthology Seventeen Women Undress a Man, published in Germany (2005) and in The Netherlands (2007), this story was published in Dutch in Vrij Nederland (2006) and in English in The Walrus (2005), where it won the Silver Award for Fiction at the National Magazine Awards.
Mary Ann didn’t think she would want the casket open. But when the funeral director led her in and she saw David’s body lying there, he looked relaxed, almost happy, and the thought of lowering the lid on him seemed wrong somehow.
“Leave it, he looks good,” she said…
On the sudden death of her husband, Mary Ann sells her worldly possessions and sets off to visit seven people she has never met.
Originally published in the anthology Seventeen Women Undress a Man, published in Germany (2005) and in The Netherlands (2007), this story was published in Dutch in Vrij Nederland (2006) and in English in The Walrus (2005), where it won the Silver Award for Fiction at the National Magazine Awards.
Mary Ann didn’t think she would want the casket open. But when the funeral director led her in and she saw David’s body lying there, he looked relaxed, almost happy, and the thought of lowering the lid on him seemed wrong somehow.
“Leave it, he looks good,” she said…
