The Dependents
By Katharine Dion
288 pages
For Gene, who's lost his wife of 49 years, grief is an
uphill trek through dense New Hampshire forest with no compass. Alone, he
obsessively questions the past, especially this: Was Maida happy with him? Dion's
resplendent debut ponders the fickleness of memory and the human propensity for
nostalgia and self-doubt.
— Claire Luchette
