We all want impossible things: a novel

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Newman, Catherine, 1968-
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As Edith, her best friend of forty-two years who is dying of ovarian cancer, spends her last days at a hospice near her, Ashley, stumbling around into heartbreak, helps Edith celebrate her life as they reminisce, hold on, and try to let go.

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Best friends
Best friends -- Fiction
Black humor
Electronic books
Female friendship
Female friendship -- Fiction
Fiction
Friendships
Gay fiction
Homosociality
Hospice care
Hospice care -- Fiction
Humorous fiction
Literature
Literature -- Fiction
Novels
Queer fiction
Satire
Satire -- Fiction
Terminally ill
Terminally ill -- Fiction
Women
Women's friendships
Women -- Fiction

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Novels
Queer fiction
Satire -- Fiction
Terminally ill -- Fiction
Women -- Fiction
Women's friendships
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Hospice care
Literature
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