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The Unfinished Business of Opal Bloom
225 pages, Paperback
Published November 24, 2025
About the author
E.C. Stilson
34 books183 followersEC Stilson has authored over ten novels, novellas, and children’s picture books. Two of her memoirs, THE GOLDEN SKY and HOMELESS IN HAWAII, have become No. 1 bestsellers on Amazon for women’s memoir.
Since 2011, through fundraisers, book donations, and national radio interviews, EC Stilson has helped raise thousands of dollars for organizations such as Angel Watch, Portneuf Medical Center, the Pregnancy Resource Center, the American Diabetes Association, and Primary Children's Hospital.
When she's not working as a copy editor, she's parenting, fiddling, writing, or speaking at events for infant-loss support groups or cancer awareness organizations.
Her most recent memoir, TWO MORE YEARS, came out in 2022 and details the author's battle with stage four melanoma.
Since 2011, through fundraisers, book donations, and national radio interviews, EC Stilson has helped raise thousands of dollars for organizations such as Angel Watch, Portneuf Medical Center, the Pregnancy Resource Center, the American Diabetes Association, and Primary Children's Hospital.
When she's not working as a copy editor, she's parenting, fiddling, writing, or speaking at events for infant-loss support groups or cancer awareness organizations.
Her most recent memoir, TWO MORE YEARS, came out in 2022 and details the author's battle with stage four melanoma.
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December 1, 2025
This book is totally different from EC's other books that I have read. I have read mainly books about her life, this book is about what happens to one woman when she dies. Opal Bloom was a violinist with a successful career who dies while in a Care facility. Opal has arthritis and has lost her husband and cat in the past. They had no children. She finds herself in Pleopyts which is also known as Purgatory. There souls have to complete a list of things they must learn to go to Heaven. Opal is guided by a Luthier and she picks out various instruments which help her to learn her lessons. Other souls have other guides that help them.
I did not want to stop reading this once I started but I became sleepy and decided to wait till the next day to finish reading. Since I know Elisa plays or has played the violin, it is understandable she would use that as Opal's profession. EC describes all the instruments extremely well. Since she has been facing death since her cancer diagnosis, it makes sense that she would wonder what happens after death. I hope others will read this book and enjoy it as much as I did.
I did not want to stop reading this once I started but I became sleepy and decided to wait till the next day to finish reading. Since I know Elisa plays or has played the violin, it is understandable she would use that as Opal's profession. EC describes all the instruments extremely well. Since she has been facing death since her cancer diagnosis, it makes sense that she would wonder what happens after death. I hope others will read this book and enjoy it as much as I did.
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