The Anna Papers : A Novel Book

Feeling unwell, uneasy about her own mortality, Anna Hand -- a rambunctious and passionate Southern writer -- returns home to make peace with her family. But in fact she turns the lives of loved ones upside down.

When Anna learns that she has cancer, she takes one last fling with her lover...then walks into the sea, taking her own life by drowning. A six-day wake, sometimes moving, sometimes hilarious, brings together Anna's old friends, sweethearts, family and kin.

"The celebration of a writer whose death brings with it a legacy of life, a legacy as large as that of her famous works." (Publisher's Source)

Here is the story of successful author Anna Hand, who commits suicide after learning she has cancer. Named the co-executor of her estate, Anna's sister finally comes to know Anna through reading Anna's papers and is at first aghast, then exultant and liberated by her new insight.