Mary has died and her dysfunctional, incestuous family gather for the funeral. There is Patch, her daughter, Robin, her estranged gay husband, his sister Juliette and her daughter, Jude. The big question is "Who will end up in bed with whom?" and not necessarily in bed. Then there are, as always at funerals, the hangers-on. Be prepared to be engrossed in all the gossip, as a family implodes.
Patch watched the shade of Jude's vulva change colour as the spit was subsumed by the wetness glistening across the pink pathway between Jude's neat pubes. Jude had always kept on top of her public hair. She used a beard trimmer. On Sundays, after she finished cutting her nails, she propped a hand mirror behind the taps in the bathtub and got to work, ensuring that the hair was the same length from all angles, never any longer than a centimetre.
