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Jenna and Harriet are having to watch as their mother slowly succumbs to advanced secondary bone cancer. Their mother, Myra, has chosen to take control of the time she has left by planning her own death—she orders her own coffin, she creates a PowerPoint presentation with ideas for her own funeral, and she tasks Jenna with helping her find the right burial ground. She also is doing her best to help her husband and daughters repair their strained relationships. Today, she and Jenna were supposed
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START: Harriet: What, she didn’t tell you?
Jenna: What?
Harriet: She’s feeling a bit— Um, yeah.
Jenna: Bit what?
Harriet: Bit cancerous.
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END: Harriet: How long does it take? To decompose.
Jenna: Six weeks or so.
Harriet: Length of the school holidays.
Jenna: Yeah.
Wade, Laura, Colder Than Here, Oberon Books Ltd., 2005, pp. 36-43.
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