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tangleroot_eli's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
A painfully familiar story of a family that refuses to address the inevitability of death, even when it arrives on their doorstep. Even Myra's aggressive attention to burial sites and funeral preparations is mostly a shield again facing the emotional realities of her impending death and its impacts on her family. Don't let the blurb fool you: the characters never actually communicate about what matters.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Death of parent
Moderate: Eating disorder and Alcohol
Minor: Fatphobia and Classism
tessandthebooks's review against another edition
4.0
Read this play for before performing some scenes from it. Loved the family as they are showing all of their hardships with dealing with losing the mother. It is a genuinely funny and caring play.
lizzieannerose's review against another edition
4.0
I was researching plays that concerned cancer in the run up to writing something concerning my own experience with childhood cancer, specifically how to balance the comedic parts in a way that doesn't alienate the audience. Cancer, whilst I am comfortable and familiar with it, is one of the most touchy topics to talk to people about with a light-hearted/comedic lens and understandably so! Wade's play was the first example of this style and topic coinciding and I greatly appreciated her writing style and frankness when writing this story.
jerma985's review against another edition
3.0
made me cry and think of those ive lost and process of funerals lol thanks laura!!!
oceanwriter's review against another edition
5.0
A hauntingly beautiful play about coming to terms with mortality, both through Myra as she suffers through terminal cancer as well as her family making peace with their impending loss.
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