What made Olive the saddest about the Gardners was that everyone wanted to be enshrined in someones memory. It was the only way of living on after death, really: in the minds of loved ones. Memories were the only things that made aging bearable, a way of reverting to better, simpler days.
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About Andrea Lochen, The Repeat Year
Andrea Lochen, The Repeat Year.
Themes
- Death — Contemplations on mortality, loss, and the legacy we leave