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Jan 25, 201221221018293347 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Rather a grim book. Father has grand ideas for a cement garden in the back yard. While constructing the cement garden Father dies of a heart attack. The 4 children are left with mother. As Mother's health declines the children become more and more involved in their own worlds and fantasies. When mother dies there is no one able to make a decision about what to do. Each child becomes more and more drawn into their own realm of reality to deal with the parents' deaths in their own way - mostly through bizarre behaviours that finally attract the attention of someone who knows what to do. Not as violent as Lord of the Flies, but probably a little more bizarre. A good psychological look at the breakdown of family.