The Good Death of Lucie H.

The novel A Good Death of Lucie H. begins as the legalisation of euthanasia shifts from a political debate into the life of a single family. Exhausted from caring for her terminally ill daughter, Nora decides to take advantage of the new legal option – setting off a chain of events that impacts her family, the doctors, and society as a whole. Blending an intimate story with media reality – television debates, articles, and public pressure – the novel creates a multi-layered picture of a society learning to deal with the right to decide on death. A Good Death of Lucie H. does not answer whether euthanasia is right. Instead, it shows what happens to people when they are given the opportunity to use it.