Did I Ever Tell You This?: A Memoir

by Sam Neill

One year it came with a small packet of white powder, obviously something wonderful and American, and that went into the cake along with the rest. A letter arrived, delayed, a few weeks later. Great Aunt Hermione had asked to have some of her ashes scattered in Wales, and would they be so kind? See in the parcel a small packet of powder. It was too late. They had consumed the remains of Great Aunt Hermione.