Her three children—Miranda, the eldest; Julian, the middle and only son; and Sophie, the baby, now forty-two—had gathered for what they euphemistically called "a strategy weekend." In truth, it was a reckoning.
“I’ve been talking to her,” Sophie said. “Full sentences. About her fears, her regrets, her favorite songs. You two have been managing her like a failing asset.”
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