A Space Apart |
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| Author:
| Willis, Meredith |
| ISBN: | 978-0-595-34398-0 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2005 |
| Publisher: | iUniverse, Incorporated
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| Imprint: | Backinprint.com |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $15.95 |
Book Description:
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Willis fleshes out with warmth and tenderness the complexities of family love, which not only defines commitment but deepens the need. An important new talent.
-The Kirkus Reviews This is the story of a broken family trying to mend itself through three generations. It is a painful but essential process, and like all such repair jobs, it is only partly successful. Before it is over we come to know John and Vera and Mary Kay, as well as Vera's...
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Willis fleshes out with warmth and tenderness the complexities of family love, which not only defines commitment but deepens the need. An important new talent.
-The Kirkus Reviews This is the story of a broken family trying to mend itself through three generations. It is a painful but essential process, and like all such repair jobs, it is only partly successful. Before it is over we come to know John and Vera and Mary Kay, as well as Vera's daughters, Lee and Tonie-to understand the wars they must declare and the peaces that they are able to proclaim within the state of being Scarlins.
-The Philadelphia InquirerWillis views the Scarlin family ties and loyalties, limits and tensions, with realism, sensitivity and precision. A noteworthy first novel.
-Publisher's Weekly