Forty years ago today, Edwarda O'Bara fell into a diabetic coma. Her mother, Kaye, took care of her until Kay died last year. Now Edwarda's sister, Colleen, takes care of her.
Edwarda doesn't have an estranged husband to kill her, so she lives. She is loved, and she is shielded from the hatred of the bloodthirsty eugenicists.