Objects of Our Affection - Lisa Tracy (2010)
Lisa and her sister find themselves with all the family furniture and artefacts, when their mother has to go into a nursing home. Each piece reminds them of parents and grand-parents, and many from further earlier generations. As they each have their own homes, they decide that they must auction off several of the bigger pieces.
Saying good-bye to the family history is hard, as we learn about their importance and how hard Lisa and her family find it to let the pieces depart. I've encountered this in my own life, as grandparents and parents die, it is hard to see all of their things broken up and gotten rid off, and I often wonder what will happen to my own treasured things when I die. What second hand shop they will be relegated too, and who will pick over my trinkets.
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