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At age 39, Ariel Gore has everything she�s always wanted: a successful writing career, a long-term partnership, a beautiful if tiny home, a daughter in college and a son in preschool. But life�s happy endings don�t always last. If it�s not one thing, after all, it�s your mother. Her name is Eve. Her epic temper tantrums have already gotten her banned from three cab companies in Portland. And she�s here to announce that she�s dying. �Pitifully, Ariel,� she sighs. �You�re all I have.� Ariel doesn�t want to take care of her crazy dying mother, but she knows she will. It�s the right thing to do, isn�t it? And, anyway, how long could it go on? �Don�t worry,� Eve says. �If I�m ever a burden, I�ll just blow my brains out.� Amidst the chaos of clowns and hospice workers, pie and too much whiskey, Ariel�s own ten-year relationship begins to unravel. Darkly humorous and intimately human, The End of Eve redefines the meaning of family and everything we�ve ever been taught to call �love.�