Terminal, Emilie Plead Choose One Egg, There's a Man in the Habit of Hitting Me on the Head with an Umbrella, Family Album, The Last Days of a Famous Mime Summary

Terminal by Nadine Gordimer is concerned with an unnamed woman who has a significant gastrointestinal problem, significant to the point that her stomach has been removed and replaced with a device to process food. She has an opening in her abdomen, and doctors cannot give her a straight answer as to when they can close it. She makes her husband promise to help her die if things become unbearable. One day, she takes a handful of pills and leaves a note instructing him not to...