Are You Dead Yet?
"Are You Dead Yet?" is set in the fictional town of Selby, SC (with a wink and a nod to the author's first novel, "The Rhythm of Selby"). This is the author's tenth book, her fourth novel.
The story focuses on the Fitzrose family: specifically, the three mid-life sisters who represent the end of the Fitzrose line. Each is highly talented yet undeniably on the verge of her own version of madness - a concert pianist who will not play; a writer who has lost her stories; a painter who has just one subject to paint (teapots).
One by one, the sisters have returned to the crumbling old family mansion, which stands in the shadows of the woods and their haunted Selby youth. Here, they struggle through their separate lives, personal secrets, and uncertain memories. Until a singular stranger in the woods enters their lives: a transient piano tuner.
In the tradition of rich, memorable, "literary fiction," this newest novel by Marti Healy emphasizes the author's trademark narrative style - transporting the reader into the story experientially, leading them through all the sights, sounds, and emotions of the characters and settings. It is a gently mysterious story, intergenerational, layered and lyrical, about family, identity, love, forgiveness, and the power of grace.
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