I selected this book on a whim and ended up liking it a lot. Anna and Paul have been married for 35 years and can barely tolerate each other. Anna is suffering the effects of menopause, spends her time painting pictures of raisins, and sleeps outside in a lawn chair. Paul is doesn’t know what to do with himself since he retired so he begins to take bagpipe lessons. Anna’s mother lives on a farm where she raises sunflowers, tap dances with a bunch of other old women and takes pot shots at a neighbor she doesn’t get along with. Anna’s daughter, Jade, believes she is really a black woman and spends her time talking to her imaginary friend/spirit guide, Grace. Another daughter, Olive, has broken up with her boyfriend because she refused to live in a tipi with him while they save on rent to buy a house. And the son, Forrest, lives in self-imposed exile in the woods because of a horrible crime he committed at age 14. Everything comes to head when Olive quits her job and announces that she is pregnant, Jade’s beloved dog disappears, and Anna & Paul get marriage counseling from a Brazilian dancer.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
On the Divinity of Second Chances
On the Divinity of Second Chances by Kaya McLaren 322 pp.
I selected this book on a whim and ended up liking it a lot. Anna and Paul have been married for 35 years and can barely tolerate each other. Anna is suffering the effects of menopause, spends her time painting pictures of raisins, and sleeps outside in a lawn chair. Paul is doesn’t know what to do with himself since he retired so he begins to take bagpipe lessons. Anna’s mother lives on a farm where she raises sunflowers, tap dances with a bunch of other old women and takes pot shots at a neighbor she doesn’t get along with. Anna’s daughter, Jade, believes she is really a black woman and spends her time talking to her imaginary friend/spirit guide, Grace. Another daughter, Olive, has broken up with her boyfriend because she refused to live in a tipi with him while they save on rent to buy a house. And the son, Forrest, lives in self-imposed exile in the woods because of a horrible crime he committed at age 14. Everything comes to head when Olive quits her job and announces that she is pregnant, Jade’s beloved dog disappears, and Anna & Paul get marriage counseling from a Brazilian dancer.
I selected this book on a whim and ended up liking it a lot. Anna and Paul have been married for 35 years and can barely tolerate each other. Anna is suffering the effects of menopause, spends her time painting pictures of raisins, and sleeps outside in a lawn chair. Paul is doesn’t know what to do with himself since he retired so he begins to take bagpipe lessons. Anna’s mother lives on a farm where she raises sunflowers, tap dances with a bunch of other old women and takes pot shots at a neighbor she doesn’t get along with. Anna’s daughter, Jade, believes she is really a black woman and spends her time talking to her imaginary friend/spirit guide, Grace. Another daughter, Olive, has broken up with her boyfriend because she refused to live in a tipi with him while they save on rent to buy a house. And the son, Forrest, lives in self-imposed exile in the woods because of a horrible crime he committed at age 14. Everything comes to head when Olive quits her job and announces that she is pregnant, Jade’s beloved dog disappears, and Anna & Paul get marriage counseling from a Brazilian dancer.
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