Should We Stay or Should We Go

 

After losing her father to Alzheimer's, Kay Wilkinson is strangely unable to cry. Despite being a medical professional herself, she and her husband Cyril, also in the medical field, have seen too many elderly patients succumb to the same fate. Fearing a similar decline in their own future, the couple makes a pact to end their lives together when they both reach eighty years old. As the years pass, they look towards the future with both humor and seriousness, exploring the various possibilities that may await them in their remaining time. Will they miss out on something great, or be spared from something terrible? Could they end up in a luxurious retirement village, or a less desirable home? And what becomes of humanity in this uncertain future? With her trademark humor and insight, Lionel Shriver tackles the complex themes of aging and mortality in a timely and thought-provoking manner.