AFTER THE FUNERAL, by Tessa Hadley (Jonathan Cape, $40)
Tessa Hadley sticks close to home in her fourth collection of short stories. Treading similar thematic ground to her earlier work, these melancholic and nostalgic stories explore transgressions between siblings, parents and spouses and burrow into life’s disappointments.
The loss – or impending loss – of a parent is a central concern. The title story opens with the deathHeloise meets a woman who might have a connection to her father’s death when she was 12. Sometimes the loss isn’t death,
