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The essential idea, though, is easy to grasp. Mindy's mother becomes ill, goes to hospital, returns home, returns to hospital, gradually loses touch with the outside world, and passes away. Mindy's conservative and distant father is very preoccupied by his work and his wife's illness, and Mindy has to fend for herself, basically living on her own during this crisis. She is kept in the dark about what is happening, and she is confused and unhappy. The last time she visits her mother in hospital, after the tumor has been removed, her mother does not recognize her at all. While her body is still alive, Mindy feels that her mother has already gone, in spirit. Why didn't anyone tell her?
It's a well-written story that, despite the references to forty-year old culture, may still speak to some. By today's standards, Mindy seems naïve in some ways, (she hasn't even started to date), and in other ways, far more earnest and thoughtful than most of her peers would be today. Her feelings of confusion, loss, love, and anger are clear and seem real, as does her relationship with Gail, her best friend, who helps her through this difficult time in her life.
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