The Last Labour of the Heart
Publisher: Black Moss Press
Published: September 3, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780887534072
Subjects: Literary; Fiction / Literary; Aging - General; Fiction; Fiction - General
Description: The story of two lives intertwined in surprising ways that becomes in the end a meditition on life and loss, death and hope. Through intricate flashback, the books follos the life of 92-year-old Lucille (Lou) Sutter from the death of her parents when she was a child through her long years of marriage to her final days in a nursing home in Minneapolis. Lou's nephew, Benjaming Miles, muses about his own life, and his long relationship with his Godmother who is the last lin with his past.