A poet dies, author of a popular book of poems, The Lost History of Dreams. He wanted to be buried beside his dead wife in the glass chapel he built for her. But his heir and current resident of the property is unwilling. She has issues with the dead man.
So a relative is sent off, with the dead man's corpse, to try to talk the woman into changing her mind and fulfilling the poet's wishes. However, the relative has a lot of mental baggage of his own to deal with, all centering on the tragic death of his bride a few years earlier.
This book was pretty good. It lagged a bit in the middle as it went through the history of the poet and his wife, as retold by the recalcitrant woman who is the heir. This woman's identity is becomes one of the mysteries of the story. Is she who she claims? Is she, perhaps, the dead poet's wife? Or is she just an opportunist and an impostor, as her enemies claim? The other mysteries are the story of the poet's wife and her death and the truth about the death of the relative's bride.
I thought the latter part of the book was a bit silly and not in a good, amusing way. Too many identity switches.
Review by Kirkus Reviews.
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