Hagar Shipley - an irascible, independent nonagenarian - has lived a quiet life full of rage.
As she approaches her death, she retreats from the squabbling of her son and his wife to reflect on her past - her ill-advised marriage, her two sons, the harshness of farm life on the prairie, her own failures and the betrayals and failures of others. Never in literature has a character raged so fervently against the dying of the light.
As she approaches her death, she retreats from the squabbling of her son and his wife to reflect on her past - her ill-advised marriage, her two sons, the harshness of farm life on the prairie, her own failures and the betrayals and failures of others. Never in literature has a character raged so fervently against the dying of the light.
