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THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE * Three adult sisters are faced with their mother's provocative last request in this clear-eyed and moving novel exploring choice, change, and power in the bodies and lives of four different women. "One of the best novels I've read in years. It's brainy and joyful and philosophical and really, really funny. It made me cry, which few books do. . . I loved it." -Leni Zumas, author of Wolf Bells Sloane, a former actress now working as a therapist, is determined to find a meaningful way through menopause, away from marketing schemes, possibly with the aid of psychedelics. Her sister Laurel is managing her own growing rage and restlessness while engaging in work at an environmental nonprofit and raising teenagers. Nanette, the youngest, has answered a long-delayed religious calling and is living as a novice in a convent. All three lives will be further disrupted when Sloane receives a call summoning he