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While living temporarily in New Mexico on a research fellowship, Harvard professor Gerard McManus is first overtaken by a lung infection and then terminal cancer. His wife Michaela, a memoirist, keeps a vigil at his hospital bedside, overwhelmed by grief and disbelief at his rapid decline and the complete upending of their lives. Michaela's shock and denial transforms into psychosis, as she (perhaps) imagines an alternate reality where Ger...Log In or Sign Up to Read More