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The Lawnmower Lady

by Edith Forbes

A farm life, an unusual burial, and the ties that remain

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A farm life, an unusual burial, and the ties that remain

Fay Kirkwood’s story begins with her death and an unorthodox burial arranged by her estranged niece in a small New England town. From beyond the grave, Fay watches the repercussions ripple through the community, linking local relationships to the life she spent raising pigs and repairing lawnmowers. The premise brings together bereavement, family estrangement, and small-town connections, with the afterlife framed around witnessing what follows from choices made in life. A green burial, set decades ahead of its time according to the description, adds another thread to this comedy of death and New England culture.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in fiction about grief, death, and the afterlife.
  • Readers drawn to small-town New England settings and community entanglements.
  • Readers curious about stories involving family estrangement and green burial.

Themes

Death and the afterlifeGrief and bereavementFamily estrangementSmall-town relationshipsGreen burial

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Book overview

What if the afterlife consists of watching the consequences of what we did while we were alive?

 

Fay Kirkwood, a grumpy offshoot of an old Boston family, lived most of her life on a north country farm, raising pigs and fixing lawnmowers. Alive, Fay was homely, independent, and capable. Dead, she is sharp-tongued with an audience of one-the reader. As news of her death and the unorthodox disposal of her body by her outcast niece spreads through their small New England town, Fay is launched into a pinball succession of interconnected events. Much to her dismay, she cannot escape witnessing the consequences, which come thick and fast.

 

The Lawnmower Lady is a voice-driven comedy about death, New England culture, small-town entanglements, and a green burial decades before its time.

 

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