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Powerful memoir by the adult easy child daughter of a lifelong difficult child mother
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<blockquote data-quote="mrsammler" data-source="post: 441720"><p>Regarding Jeanette, I asked her where her mother lives now, and she said that she (Jeanette) owns a big place in northern VA (Jessica Lange is a neighbor) and has installed her mother in a cottage on the back of the property, "where I can keep her in my sights and take care of her but not have to spend any more time with her than I can stand." A healthy (but requiring some cash, natch) sitch, I think.</p><p></p><p>Dash: I too recall Didion's essay vividly--a really fine piece of writing, capturing the sense of "place" of Hawaii very memorably. But I can assure that Tara's book leaves it flatly in the dust in terms of capturing Hawaii in every possible way. The only thing I've ever read that contends with it in terms of this (i.e., capturing Hawaii's ineffable "thing") might be Jim Jones's great novel "From Here to Eternity," but of course it's very dated and focuses heavily on barracks life at Pearl Harbor rather than the entire Hawaiian experience. Didion's essay was a direct attempt at updating Jones's presentation of Hawaii as an experience. But again, Tara's book whoppingly tops both of them. A must-read for a) daughters of difficult child moms and b) Hawaii-wonks. And not necessarily in that order, but it works.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mrsammler, post: 441720"] Regarding Jeanette, I asked her where her mother lives now, and she said that she (Jeanette) owns a big place in northern VA (Jessica Lange is a neighbor) and has installed her mother in a cottage on the back of the property, "where I can keep her in my sights and take care of her but not have to spend any more time with her than I can stand." A healthy (but requiring some cash, natch) sitch, I think. Dash: I too recall Didion's essay vividly--a really fine piece of writing, capturing the sense of "place" of Hawaii very memorably. But I can assure that Tara's book leaves it flatly in the dust in terms of capturing Hawaii in every possible way. The only thing I've ever read that contends with it in terms of this (i.e., capturing Hawaii's ineffable "thing") might be Jim Jones's great novel "From Here to Eternity," but of course it's very dated and focuses heavily on barracks life at Pearl Harbor rather than the entire Hawaiian experience. Didion's essay was a direct attempt at updating Jones's presentation of Hawaii as an experience. But again, Tara's book whoppingly tops both of them. A must-read for a) daughters of difficult child moms and b) Hawaii-wonks. And not necessarily in that order, but it works. [/QUOTE]
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