Eloquent, compassionate, and humorous, this is the story of the resilient bond between two sisters who must decide what to do with the house left them by their recently deceased mother. A buoyant and moving parable in which two good women find, among the hidden, forgotten virtues of the past, a sustenance to carry them into the future.

"Compassionate understanding and humor illuminate this understated yet dazzling work" (Publishers Weekly)-a compelling parable in which two sisters find, among the neglected virtues of the past, a sustenance to carry them into the future. "A fine, unnerving little hermeneutic of love" (Village Voice).