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What happens when a child loses a loved one? Which Way Is Paradise? (2017) is one boy’s journey coming to terms with his grandmother’s death. Gabriel is shocked and confused that his grandmother, who played with him on a daily basis, would suddenly leave without saying goodbye. For a time, he refuses to accept her death. Instead, he believes she is with him, watching over him, helping him solve daily problems, talking to her, and even trying to find Paradise just to be with her again. With echoes referencing William Wordsworth’s “Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood,” the book explores Gabriel’s experience with premortal and, particularly, postmortal existence. [More…]
