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Title: Family life
Review: Jane Hamilton takes us within another Midwestern family through the eyes of Henry, the older son. It is written as a memory of his senior year in high school from the perspective of an adult. We see his pain, anger and confusion over his mother's affair. She is commuting from Chicago to Wisconsin to be with her violinist lover.Henry is navigating through his senior year in high school in urban Chicago after the family has spent his earlier years in rural Vermont. His younger sister, Elvira, is a hard core Civil War re-en actor who is passing as a boy with her fellow soldiers. His father is a history teacher, whose unflagging optimism, Henry finds galling. His mother is a talented pianist who is making beautiful music with N Ukrainian violinist in Wisconsin.Henry observes his mother's affair through reading her e-mails which he prints and keeps for posterity.Ultimately it's the dynamics of relationships and what holds a family together that makes this an interesting and satisfying novel.
