A review by livschuett
The Rules of Inheritance by Claire Bidwell Smith

5.0

“My mother is dead.

She is not dead yet. She is in her hospital bed in DC, but I want to know how it will feel to say it.

My mother is dead.

I say it several times.

My mother is dead.

My mother is dead.

The words become living things. They scuffle at the corners of the room, and I wrap my arms tight around me, trying to keep still so they will not notice me.”