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nHOW TO RATTLE YOUR NEAREST AND DEARESTn nA resonant tale of love, loss, and learning how to let gon n nn nBette Gartner, a ninety-five-year-old widow, wakes up one morning and decides to throw a dinner party that night for her small family, staff, two neighbors, and a medium-and no one knows why.n n nn nThe story takes place over the course of the day and is told through the multiple points of view of Bettes guests, switching back and forth between them as we learn about their motivations, dreams, hopes, and fears. These various storylines converge at the dinner table, where the coming together of different personalities, each with their own tensions and pain points, erupts into epiphanies, resolutions, and new beginnings before the final act of the evening Bette has planned.n n nn nAlpha Bette is more than the story of a particular familys history. Aside from recounting how the characters navigate the daily mundanities of urban life, it also dwells on their larger existential anxieties and the impact of the holes and absences that deceased and displaced loved ones leave behind.n
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Brand: Jennifer Manocherian
