Taking Care of Dead Plants
MARISSA THOMPSON
Taking Care of Dead Plants is a delicate, clear-eyed story about Nan, a beloved family member who voluntarily chooses a physician-assisted suicide, told from the point of view of Lucy, Nan’s young granddaughter. Nan and Lucy are bound by a shared love of plant-tending, and leafy vines become emblems of the tenacity and beauty of life. With a touch of magic realism, Marissa Thompson gives us a poignant and mysterious story about finding consolation through the living legacies of people we love. This is a subtle and profound short story that surprises and moves us, from beginning to end.
—Nancy Holmes, author of Arborophobia
published July 2022 in a print run of 100 copies
ISBN 978-1-9994276-8-9
Originally from the Lower Mainland, Marissa Thompson is a current undergraduate student at the University of British Columbia (Okanagan campus), working towards a degree in Creative Writing. Previous work of hers has been published in Papershell, where she contributed as a writer and editor. Her goal is to one day work at a publishing house in addition to being able to keep a plant alive—tips and tricks of doing so would be graciously received at marissa.thompson08@gmail.com