By turns blunt, lyrical, grief-struck, and humorous, Eggs in Purgatory details the work of caregiving and the complex dance between a daughter and her obstinate, charming, unreliable parent. When her 89-year-old father decides it's time to die, Genanne Walsh struggles to support him through a journey that's fraught and beautiful, mundane and mysterious. A bracing, intimate essay that transcends the personal to offer universal truths.