Mrs Death Misses Death - Salena Godden
Mrs Death, a black working-working class woman, is exhausted. She’s had enough of holding human’s fate in her hands.
In London she makes the acquaintance of troubled writer Wolf Willeford and in a bizarre twist of fate he is compelled to write her memoirs, the memoirs of Death herself, of deaths past and present.
What is most shocking about this exquisitely written, creative and unusual tale is that despite the main character’s ‘job description’ it’s a tale of hope, resilience and peace for not just individuals but humanity at large.
Mrs Death, a black working-working class woman, is exhausted. She’s had enough of holding human’s fate in her hands.
In London she makes the acquaintance of troubled writer Wolf Willeford and in a bizarre twist of fate he is compelled to write her memoirs, the memoirs of Death herself, of deaths past and present.
What is most shocking about this exquisitely written, creative and unusual tale is that despite the main character’s ‘job description’ it’s a tale of hope, resilience and peace for not just individuals but humanity at large.
Mrs Death, a black working-working class woman, is exhausted. She’s had enough of holding human’s fate in her hands.
In London she makes the acquaintance of troubled writer Wolf Willeford and in a bizarre twist of fate he is compelled to write her memoirs, the memoirs of Death herself, of deaths past and present.
What is most shocking about this exquisitely written, creative and unusual tale is that despite the main character’s ‘job description’ it’s a tale of hope, resilience and peace for not just individuals but humanity at large.