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    Reflections on Life and Death
    Reflections on Life and Death
    Reflections on Life and Death
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    Reflections on Life and Death

    By Kristine Kathryn Rusch

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    Sarah finds herself faced with a terrible decision. Her dying mother insists that if she goes to the extended care facility, they will kill her. She wants to go home with Sarah. But Sarah, a single mother with her own children to care for, can’t afford to care for her mother, too. And no one would kill the elderly just to save resources. Or would they?

    “...what a writer [Rusch] is. Her subject matter may cover the normal topics of science fiction and other genres, but the main memory you take away is the way she approaches the story and her unique vision for the characters.”
    —The Baryon Review

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWMG Publishing
    Release dateApr 3, 2011
    ISBN9781458011046
    Reflections on Life and Death
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    Kristine Kathryn Rusch

    New York Times bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch writes in almost every genre. Generally, she uses her real name (Rusch) for most of her writing. She publishes bestselling science fiction and fantasy, award-winning mysteries, acclaimed mainstream fiction, controversial nonfiction, and the occasional romance. Her novels have made bestseller lists around the world and her short fiction has appeared in eighteen best of the year collections. She has won more than twenty-five awards for her fiction, including the Hugo, Le Prix Imaginales, the Asimov's Readers Choice award, and the Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Readers Choice Award.   

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      Reflections on Life and Death - Kristine Kathryn Rusch

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      Reflections on Life and Death

      Copyright © 2015 by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

      First published first published in Asimov’s SF Magazine, January, 1998

      Published by WMG Publishing

      Cover and Layout copyright © 2015 by WMG Publishing

      Cover design by Allyson Longueira/WMG Publishing

      Cover art copyright © Bialasiewicz/Dreamstime

      This book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. All rights reserved. This is a work of fiction. All characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental. This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form without permission.

      No, Sarah’s mother said, her voice barely more than a whisper around the tubes. You can’t. They kill people in there.

      Sarah held her mother’s good hand—the one without the IV. Small chips dotted her mother’s face and body, each scanning vital signs. It made her mother look as if she had chickenpox.

      The doctor was watching Sarah. The doctor was a thin thirtyish woman with nut brown eyes, and light brown skin. Her hair, a delicate blonde, was shoulder length and covered with a nearly invisible clean-net so no strands fell free.

      Sarah? the doctor said, and it made Sarah wonder how a woman ten years younger than herself managed to make one word sound so condescending.

      Sarah— her mother said again. You can’t.

      You can’t go home, Sarah said.

      "But you could take

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