The Grab

by Maria Katzenbach

This extraordinary nove concerns three middle-aged sisters who gather for three days and nights in the Georgetown home of their wealthy, recently deceased mother, to "gab" for the possessions she has let behind.

Genres: Fiction

324 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1978

Reviews

[Nova · Rating 4 out of 5]

Found this book at Cracked and Spineless in Hobart, Tasmania- shelved beneath musty second hand books with 2$ scrawled on it. I really enjoyed the writing style, I think it was done in such a poetic way- even in the prologue, I loved reading the glimpse of the mother's final/ transient thoughts before she passed. The sisters are truly just, siblings- their bickering, the passive aggressive comments, the processing of realistic mixed grief. I liked that grief wasn't portrayed as just simply 'sadness', or in one dimension.

[Betsy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Could have been better but such a true tale. Three daughters have the best ask of choosing items owned by their parents after they have died. There is the typical bickering and they fall into their childhood positions of oldest, middle and youngest although they are now in their 50s. Amusing, sad and a unique tale of an age kid tale - you can’t take it with you when you go to heaven or hell