The End of Eve (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780986000799)

At age 39, Ariel Gore has everything she's always wanted: a successful writing career, a long-term partnership, a beautiful if tiny home, a daughter in college and a son in preschool. But life's happy endings don't always last. If it's not one thing, after all, it's your mother. Her name is Eve. Her epic temper tantrums have already gotten her banned from three cab companies in Portland. And she's here to announce that she's dying. "Pitifully, Ariel," she sighs. "You're all I have." Ariel doesn't want to take care of her crazy dying mother, but she knows she will. It's the right thing to do, isn't it? And, anyway, how long could it go on? "Don't worry," Eve says. "If I'm ever a burden, I'll just blow my brains out." Amidst the chaos of clowns and hospice workers, pie and too much whiskey, Ariel's own ten-year relationship begins to unravel. Darkly humorous and intimately human, The End of Eve redefines the meaning of family and everything we've ever been taught to call "love."

Author: Ariel Gore
ISBN-10: 0986000795
ISBN-13: 9780986000799
Publisher: Catapult
Language: English
Published: 03/11/2014
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.50w x 0.60d
Award: New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards - Winner
Award: Lambda Literary Awards - Finalist
Award: Triangle Awards - Finalist

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2014
Booklist 03/15/2014 pg. 34
LJ Best Books of Year 12/01/2014 pg. 33