Dava Shastri wakes up knowing this will be her last day alive. The acclaimed author has built a literary empire and raised a family, but now she must confront what she will leave behind. Her adult children gather around her, each carrying their own struggles and disappointments. Dava has spent decades crafting stories for the world while managing the complex dynamics of her own family. As the hours pass, old wounds surface and long-held secrets threaten to spill out. Her children grapple with their relationships to their formidable mother and to each other. Dava herself reflects on the choices that defined her life as a writer, mother, and woman. The family must navigate grief, forgiveness, and the weight of expectations in the compressed time they have left together. This is a story about the stories we tell ourselves and others, and what remains when everything else falls away.
Genres: contemporary, adult-fiction, 21st-century, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: character-driven, family-drama