Onansburg, Iowa begins in the thick haze of unexpected grief: After Sonny Dawson's wife Polly dies suddenly, he finds himself going through the motions of the funeral rites.
Perhaps there's a kind of comfort in what feels like a pre-written script of the mourning rituals Sonny is asked to perform as the whole town of Onansburg gathers for Polly's death.
But after the funeral, Sonny is left without a way to navigate the full loss of the shared life he worked so hard to .
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