The Household Guide to Dying

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On the face of it, Delia's got it all - a good marriage, two great kids, a dream job writing witty, practical house and garden books. But when she is diagnosed with terminal cancer, she's forced to view her life in an entirely new light. There are things she must do, there are wrongs to be put right, and there are mysteries from the past that demand resolution. Summoning all her strength, she returns to the tiny country town where she fled pregnant and unmarried 14 years before and comes to terms with a loss no mother should ever have to endure. She finishes writing her ultimate how-to book. And she tries, as best as she can, to prepare herself and her family for the inevitable...

Debra Adelaide has worked as a university lecturer and researcher. She is the author of the bestselling parenting anthologies Motherlove, Motherlove II, and Cutting the Cord; the novels The Hotel Albatross and Serpent Dust; and the short story anthology, Acts of Dog. She has been a regular panelist at literary festivals and judge of literary awards, including the Miles Franklin Award, the Vogel Award, the Patrick White Award and the Nita B Kibble Award for Women Writers.