ToElena,existenceisaneffort—notonlydoesshestruggleagainstherbodyaffectedbyParkinson’s,butherdaughterhasjustshownupdeadandonlyshefindsthesuicidehypothesisimplausible.Elenaisnotagoodvictim,anddoesn’tshowsignsofhavingbeenaselflessmother.Sheisvulnerable,butalsoovercomebyrageandsorrow,andthatstubbornnessseemstorenderherinvincible,againstallodds.Butinvestigatingthereasonsforherdaughter’sdeathsoonbecomesatripthroughmemory,and,aswe’veknownsincethetimeofGreektragedies,everyinvestigationis,deepdown,aninvestigationaboutoneself.ElenaKnowssubmergesusinthephysicalandmentalexperienceofitsprotagonistand,atthesametime,invitesustoaskourselvesuncomfortablequestionsaboutaging,thecomplexityofmother-daughterbondsandtheweightofthosemandateswomendragthesamewayElenadragsherfeet.
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