Open Me

Fiction & Literature
Cover of the book Open Me by Sunshine O'Donnell, MacAdam/Cage Publishing
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Author: Sunshine O'Donnell ISBN: 9781596929975
Publisher: MacAdam/Cage Publishing Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint: MP Publishing Language: English
Author: Sunshine O'Donnell
ISBN: 9781596929975
Publisher: MacAdam/Cage Publishing
Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint: MP Publishing
Language: English
A debut novel about a young girl at the center of the secret world of professional mourners, where women are trained extensively and paid handsomely to attend the funerals of strangers. Mem is a wailer, a professional mourner hired to cry at funerals. One of the few remaining American girls in this secret, illegal profession, Mem hails from a long line of mourners, including her mother, a legendary master wailer hired for the most important funerals in her hometown of Philadelphia. Though Mem is to eventually become a renowned wailer herself, she at first struggles with her calling. She is a girl who cannot make herself cry, and though her mother loves her fiercely, she must use ancient, emotionally abusive, cult-like rituals to train Mem to weep. When Mem emerges as the greatest wailer that the profession has ever seen, her infamy brings with it unwanted attention, especially from the authorities. Interweaving poetic prose and artifacts spanning six thousand years and seven continents, 'Open Me' is an utterly original novel about mothers and daughters, dark underworlds, and the play between fact and fiction.
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A debut novel about a young girl at the center of the secret world of professional mourners, where women are trained extensively and paid handsomely to attend the funerals of strangers. Mem is a wailer, a professional mourner hired to cry at funerals. One of the few remaining American girls in this secret, illegal profession, Mem hails from a long line of mourners, including her mother, a legendary master wailer hired for the most important funerals in her hometown of Philadelphia. Though Mem is to eventually become a renowned wailer herself, she at first struggles with her calling. She is a girl who cannot make herself cry, and though her mother loves her fiercely, she must use ancient, emotionally abusive, cult-like rituals to train Mem to weep. When Mem emerges as the greatest wailer that the profession has ever seen, her infamy brings with it unwanted attention, especially from the authorities. Interweaving poetic prose and artifacts spanning six thousand years and seven continents, 'Open Me' is an utterly original novel about mothers and daughters, dark underworlds, and the play between fact and fiction.

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