Abide Author|Cathleen McCandless it is a dagger and

it is a dagger and an emancipation

The only sibling with healthy kidneys Suzanne is ambivalent about donating a kidney to a sister she's not even sure she likes-but she makes the offer

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Abide Author|Cathleen McCandless it is a dagger andK. T. Landon's Abide explores, without sentimentality or easy answers, how confronting mortality can open us to a more authentic joynot by denying darkness, but by moving through it with humor, attention, and care. A sequence of poems titled "How to Go On" forms the book's spine, tracing the speaker's journey through profound losses, including her sister's death and her own cancer diagnosis. These contemplative pieces are balanced by poems such as