How do you say goodbye to your mother, to your old life, to an outdated version of yourself? In Meg Howrey's hilarious and astute novel, Body Language, three sisters on disparate life paths come together to help their mother as she descends deeper into dementia. Body Language is a character-driven novel, and boy does Howrey ace these characters. Howrey navigates what it means to be a middle-aged woman in the current moment. These sisters arrive on the page fully-fledged in the throes of mid-life, primed to tackle everything Howrey throws at them: menopause, sexuality, religion, identity politics, past hurts, familial expectations, emotional upheaval, infidelity, death. A wonderful book about family, love, and letting go.