Next of Kin — Marianne Langner Zeitlin

In this searing novel of family, grief, and memory, a Canadian Jewish family is flung back together by the loss of one of its members at the hands of a drunken driver. The bereaved must now strive to keep alive the memory of Esther Persky sister, wife and mother.
"The author brings us so completely into her characters lives that we cannot help but care about every occurrence." "Publishers Weekly""