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Kate Sebeny is the author of the recently published novella The Last Best Thing. Born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Kate earned her bachelor’s degree at the University of Iowa and her master’s at Iowa State University. She’s taught undergraduate writing at two universities, and has been editor of a county newspaper and at a national magazine. She is the recipient of several grants and awards for her writing. Kate has also renovated every place she’s lived, including the historical Madison County jailhouse in Winterset, Iowa. At work on a new novel and short-story collection, she resides at her current rehab project on the Des Moines River, along with her three dogs and three cats.
Reviewed by Trudi LoPreto for Readers' Favorite
The Last Best Thing by Kate Sebeny is a fictional story dealing with possible real life circumstances. Sam and Sarah are married for 50 years and live on a large farm in Iowa. They have invited their friends in need to come and live with them, and the group becomes one big happy family. They all share the good and bad things life has thrown their way. Betty watches her husband die a slow death from Alzheimer’s disease, losing her own home, and having her grown daughter, Libby, returning home after a bad marriage. Joe is disabled and unable to accomplish much on his own. Henry is an old friend who returns to the ranch and happily joins the group in their “home away from the old folks home.” When Joe decides that he can no longer deal with his life and wants to commit suicide, Sarah helps him and the group buries him in the backyard next to the dog. Renee is the nurse who comes looking for Joe, but when she can’t find him requests that the group take in her Uncle Earl. Each member of this family is dealing with sickness, death, sadness and friendship in a very unique and comforting way, each one helping the other get through the day.
The Last Best Thing is not like any other book I have ever read. It touched things in my own life that are a natural part of growing old with humor, wisdom and love. Kate Sebeny has written a story that will make you laugh, make you cry, and make you say what if. I highly recommend this book to all, especially senior citizens. The Last Best Thing is an interesting book that you will not want to put down until the very last page.
