Twenty

Debra Landwehr Engle
Book - 2020

“Along with naming me Marguerite after her favorite daisy, Mama gave me three things: Red hair that hasn<U+2019>t faded. A love of nature. And a belief that somewhere between heaven and earth there is magic.” At age fifty-five, Meg<U+2019>s life is too filled with loss for her to remember what magic feels like. All she has left is a yard brimming with plants that are wilting in the scorching Iowa summer<U+2014>and a bone-deep feeling that she<U+2019>s through with living. Meg has something else too: a bottle of mysterious pills, given to her years ago by an empathetic doctor. He promised that they would offer her dying mother a quick, painless end in exactly twenty days. Though her mother never needed them, Meg does. But a strange thing happens after Meg swallows the little green pearls . . . Now that she<U+2019>s decided to leave this world, Meg is rediscovering the joy in it. She sheds everything she no longer needs<U+2014>possessions, regrets, guilt<U+2014>and reconnects with those she cares for. Finally confronting the depth of her grief, she<U+2019>s learning that love runs deeper still. But is it too late to choose to stay?

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Main Author: Engle, Debra Landwehr (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Kensington Books, [2020]
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