<p><b>''Extraordinary. It is about death, but I can think of few books which have such life. It shows us what love is.'' </b>Max Porter, author of <i>Grief is the Thing With Feathers</i> and <i>Lanny</i><br><br><b>''There is no one quite like Naja Marie Aidt'' </b>Valeria Luiselli<br><br><b>''Devastating, angry, challenging, fragmented and filled with the beautiful hope that the love we have for people continues into the world even after they''re gone.'' </b><i>Culturefly</i><br><br><b>''Fragmented, poetic, informative and truthful, Aidt faces the greatest loss we can ever know with all the force of great elegy writers like Anne Carson and Denise Riley. Essential.'' </b>Polly Clark, author of <i>Larchfield</i> and <i>Tiger</i><br><br>_______<br><br><i>"I raise my glass to my eldest son. His pregnant wife and daughter are sleeping above us. Outside, the March evening is cold and clear. ''To life!'' I say as the glasses clink with a delicate and pleasing sound. My mother says something t