Five friends from college make a pact to give each a living funeral after another friend of theirs dies. The story follows the characters from their early twenties to their forties. At times this book was very hard to follow and keep track of, it to mention depressing. I would have given it only 1 star, except for the fact the ending was pretty good.but to read a 300 page book to get about 5 pages of good material is not my up of tea.