This book captures the resentment, curiosity, and sorrow of the young protagonist, Evie feels when her mother dies and Aunt Flo comes to take care of the family. Aunt Flo is very different from her mother and very different from everyone else too because she is a "Shrouding woman;" the person who prepares bodies for burial by washing it with herbs and oils, dressing it weighing down the eye lids and generally helping the family say good bye with dignity. ( )