A Simple Distance.A Simple Distance by K. E. Silva Akashic Books, October 2006 $14.95, ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 1-933-35411-9 Mothers and daughters in conflict is nothing new: deep-seeded angst and a longing for parental love. Betting against a guilty conscience Noun 1. guilty conscience - remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offense guilt feelings, guilt trip, guilt compunction, remorse, self-reproach - a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed) is hopeless for anyone seeking peace, but getting settled into this debut novel leaves little comfort for anyone who refuses to see truth in love and family ties. When civil rights attorney Jean Souza is finally blessed by her mother's visit to her home in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , she discovers the real reason behind the monster-sized luggage count her mother has been booted boot·ed adj. Wearing boots. Adj. 1. booted - wearing boots shod, shodden, shoed - wearing footgear out of Godwyn, the ancestral family home on the fictional Caribbean island of Boabique. Jean must postpone her first big legal case to battle, instead, her grandmother and uncle over the land willed to her mother. In the process, however, Jean fights family grudges and old memories that just won't seem to go away. Notwithstanding the wonderful use of language, after a slow start, this text is most powerful as it parallels what Jean sees as the trivialities of life on the island with her life in San Francisco. --Reviewed by Ahmad Wright Ahmad Wright is a freelance writer for the Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). Book Review. |
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