A sparkling and touching novel about how reckless acts completely blow the “lid” off—though, in the best way! Sylvie Schaber is a flat, stooped brunette who isn’t so ugly that people pity her, and not so good that they desire her. Having completely despaired of arranging a personal life by the age of forty-five, she decided to buy herself a place in a cemetery. But if you’re going to die, then with music—before dying you need to talk to someone about it, and Sylvie goes to see a psychotherapist, Frank. Since then, her plans have gone off track: instead of sitting and crying alone, she—following the psychotherapist’s assignments—ends up in comic situations that change her outlook on life and give her faith in a bright future.