Carrying The Body

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Carrying The BodyISBN13:9781416575108ISBN10:1416575103Author:Raffel, Dawn (Author)Description:Elise, A Young Woman With A Mysteriously Ill Son, Returns To Her Childhood Home Years After Running Away With A Lover Now Destitute, She Begins To Search For An Object Hidden Somewhere In The House, Which Has Been In A State Of Disrepair Since Her Mother's Untimely Death Her Father, Who Fled Political Terror In In His Youth, Is Frail And Often Dreaming So It Falls To Elise's Older Sister, Who Has Never Left Home, To Maintain Family Order Unraveled By Alcohol And Her Own Longing For Escape, Aunt, As Elise's Sister Is Simply Known, Is Further Disturbed By The Child's Illness And His Mother's Irresponsibility To Placate The Child, She Turns To The Bedtime Tale Of The Three Little Pigs, Which Becomes Increasingly Corrupted With Each Telling As Aunt Struggles To Take Care Of The Child, She Recalls -- With A Mixture Of Jealousy And Resentment -- The Day Her Sister Left Home Meanwhile, Elise Continues Her Search, With Consequences That Will Alter Aunt's Life Irrevocably A Writer Of Obvious And Extreme Talent (Los Angeles Times), Raffel Uses Starkly Beautiful, Stunningly Precise Language To Etch This Compelling Portrait Of A Family Torn Apart By Longing, Miscommunication, And Misdirected Love Meticulously Crafted And Utterly Absorbing, Carrying The Body Is Ultimately About The Inescapable Emotional Legacies Passed From Generation To Generation, And Our Dreams Of Refuge And Release Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Scribner Book CompanyPublication Date:2002-10-01Weight:0.37 lbsDimensions:0.39'' H x 8.01'' L x 5.03'' WNumber of Pages:144Language:English

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