One Hundred Guinea Pigs

Gustavo Rodríguez | Daniel Hahn
Paperback, 272 pages
July 14, 2026

Preorder Available July 14, 2026

$17.95

Description

Friendship makes life worth living, and worth ending too.

Eufrasia Vela is a caregiver—it’s not just her job. But when she begins working with Doña Carmen, a bedridden elderly woman who spends her days staring out the window at her now-obstructed view of the sea, she confronts the limits to her ability to help. That is, until Doña Carmen makes a big, last request: to transform her caretaking from helping her stay alive to helping her die. A good death has much in common with a good life, after all, and incapacity, loneliness, and isolation are devastations that a compassionate friend can help ease. Dignity, community, respect, and generosity—they’re what Eufrasia offers her clients, and what their friendship offers her. One Hundred Guinea Pigs is the lifegiving, warmhearted novel about euthanasia you didn’t know you needed.

Format: Trade Paperback

Author: Rodríguez, Gustavo

Publisher: Charco Press

Pub Date: July 14, 2026

Category: Fiction / Death, Grief, Bereavement

ISBN: 9781917260244

Additional information

Weight 0.6 lbs
Dimensions 7.80 × 5.10 in