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<\/a><\/p>\nPURCHASE HERE<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Three generations of the Malec family live in a three-flat in an old ethnic neighborhood that is quickly gentrifying. They defy upward mobility and the empty nest syndrome.<\/p>\n Their lives change when Jozefina, the matriarch, dies and the house has to be sold as stipulated in her will. Jozefina\u2019s oldest grandson, Casey, a struggling rockabilly singer who has avoided responsibility all his life, is given charge of his grandmother\u2019s funeral. In a tragic\/comic manner, he organizes her funeral in the same haphazard way that he has led his life, creating conflict and tension between family members.<\/p>\n After She Died is set in Chicago\u2019s Wicker Park neighborhood and illustrates how the Malec family as well as other long-time residents become outcasts in a neighborhood that no longer feels like home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After She Died
\nby Tom Wawzenek<\/p>\n