My sister slept with the light on until she was 27. She rightfully blames me. I would leap out of closets with my hands made into claws. I would...
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Benaron's writing is luminous, her characters are complex, imperfect but lovable, almost painfully human and familiar in spite of the extraordinary context in which their lives and this story unfolds. I was captivated by the writing and inspired by the struggles faced and overcome, either physically or spiritually, by the characters. Somehow, across vast differences of culture and circumstance they nonetheless become reflections on ourselves, on the kinship we share as human beings. I loved it and will nener forgetnit. Not a library book-this is one to buy and cherish and revisit time and again.
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Running the Rift by Naomi Benaron
scotnakagawa, August 4, 2012
Benaron's writing is luminous, her characters are complex, imperfect but lovable, almost painfully human and familiar in spite of the extraordinary context in which their lives and this story unfolds. I was captivated by the writing and inspired by the struggles faced and overcome, either physically or spiritually, by the characters. Somehow, across vast differences of culture and circumstance they nonetheless become reflections on ourselves, on the kinship we share as human beings. I loved it and will nener forgetnit. Not a library book-this is one to buy and cherish and revisit time and again.