In this delightful novel death is a begining a new start Liz is killed in a hit a run accident & her 'life' takes a very unexpected turn At nearly sixteen she knows she will never get married never have children & perhaps never fall in love But in Elsewhere all things carry on almost as they did on earth except that the inhabitants get younger dogs & humans can communicate (at last) new relationships are formed & old ones sadly interrupted on earth are renewed Full of the most ingenious detail & woven around the most touching & charming relationships this is a novel of hope of redemption & re-birth It is a novel that tells of sadness with heart-breaking honesty & of love & happiness with uplifting brilliance