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Title: A Family Deals with Loss
Review: This novel explores themes of loss, individuation, family and friendship. The story is told with low expressed emotion built on the premise that still waters run deep and what is felt does not always have to be communicated.There are several plot lines in this book. A family deals with loss after their son dies in a tragic accident. Years later, their oldest child gets ready to leave for college and these wounds open again. Meanwhile, a truly gross holier-than-thou nymphomaniac professor enters their lives and 'adopts' them. The mother for some reason is unable to set limits or boundaries with this woman. The woman soon drags the son into a preposterous affair. Superimposed on this is dad's attempt to make peace with the young man responsible for their son's death.It all doesn't quite work but it was thought-provoking, very tender at times, and definitely worth reading.
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