A sophisticated, musical, comedic tale of grief

• Book: Someday Everything Will All Make Sense
• Location: Manhattan
• Author: Carol LaHines

Review Author: c130jj

‘Someday’ begins with the explanation of how Luther van der Loon’s mother dies, narrated somehow in a way that makes the reader laugh while searching for empathy. Quirky, yet deftly delivered, LaHine’s unique writing style not only works, it works impossibly well, chapter after chapter. A good example, in chapter two Luther attempts to write a thank-you note to his mother’s mortician: “Thank you for preparing my dead mother for burial, for steering me to the Eternal Bronze line of quality interment products. Thank you for holding my hand and allowing me to snivel on your cheap suit. It was unfair of me to accuse you…of being interested only in the enviable economics of business. People suffer, people die. People will always die.”

The brilliance of ‘Someday’ lies in LaHine’s ability to simultaneously conjure conflicting emotions in a manner that is anything but unnatural, when it seems like it should be, and without sacrificing the genuineness of each. Bravo, Carol.

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