When adored town spinster Joy Talley ends up in a coma after a peculiar accident, she is surprised and incensed to hear what is being said in her hospital room, including plans for her funeral. When she finally wakes, her family thinks she's off her rocker, but she's never felt more alive.
The Good Dream by Donna VanLier;
Little Altars Everywhere by Rebecca Wells;
Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen