Should We Stay or Should We Go A Novel

Lionel Shriver

eBook - 2021

Whenher father dies, Kay Wilkinson can't cry. Over ten years, Alzheimer's had steadilyeroded this erudite man into a paranoid lunatic. Surely one's own father passing should never come as such a relief.Both medical professionals, Kay and her husband Cyrilhave seen too many elderly patients in similar states of decay. Although healthy and vital intheir early fifties, the couple fears what may lie ahead. Determined to diewith dignity, Cyril makes a modest proposal. To sparethemselves and their loved ones such a humiliating and protracted decline, theyshould agree to commitsuicide together once they've both turned eighty. When their deal is sealed, the spouses are blithely looking forward to another three decadestogether.Bu...tthen they turn eighty.By turns hilariousand touching, playful and grave, Should We Stay or Should We Go portraystwelve parallel universes, each exploring a possible future for Kay and Cyril.... more