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ETTA'S FOUND THE CURE FOR OLD AGE. BUT HER FAMILY WON'T LIKE IT . . .Etta is sixty-eight years old. Happy, healthy and an active participant in her world, she s gathered her family together for an unforgettable weekend.Tick.At 5am that Saturday morning, Etta wakes her daughter, her granddaughter, her son and her daughter-in-law up to lead everyone down to the beach. To Etta s Hollow , where a roaring fire has already been lit. Drowsy but delighted the sun is just starting to rise for a glorious dawn Etta s family bask in the beauty of the moment. A memory to be cherished forever.Tick.Until twenty minutes later, when Etta announces to her assembled beloveds something as shocking as it is alarming. I have brought you all down to the beach this morning to tell you something important. You see, the thing is, today is my last day alive. Boom.Over the next twenty-four hours, Etta and her family are about to have the most surprising, affecting and life-affirming day of all their lives.PRAISE FOR DAWN FRENCH 'Dawn tackles the big ones - love, death, grief, childhood, motherhood, parenthood - head on' Guardian'Fantastic, passionate, compassionate, so much wisdom, a lot of humour and very real Bernadine Evaristo'Gorgeous. Wise and full of love' Marian Keyes'A life-affirming read' Daily Express 'An extraordinary book - sad, heartening, gripping and reassuringly human' Jo Brand Tender and devastating, it almost broke my heart' Sunday Express