very good, and very difficult to read. 

elena, an elderly widow with parkinson's, is trying to get to the bottom of her daughter rita's death, convinced it couldn't possibly have been suicide, like everyone's claiming. 

though there is a mystery element to this story, the author is really using this framework to examine questions of bodily autonomy, specifically for women. what happens when your body is no longer your own? when the decisions about how and what you can use it for are taken out of your hands; by men, the church, the government, chronic illness. by other women acting as enforcers. the complicated relationships between women are drawn especially vividly and compellingly. the most gut-churning scene in the book by far

is the one where rita forcibly prevents a distressed stranger from going through with her abortion. i literally felt nausea, which i say as a compliment.

well worth a read, but be careful, especially if you're sensitive to discussions of disability and reproductive rights in particular.