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Lädt ... Morality Tale: A Novelvon Sylvia Brownrigg
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Morality Tale is a novel about the triangular complications of a modern marriage and the comedy that flows from them. When the elusive but exciting Richard (an envelope salesman with a nice layperson's line in Zen philosophies) meets this novel's narrator, he offers her a friendly escape from her own daunting domestic life. Burdened by her husband's ongoing negotiations with his angry ex-wife, the strains of looking after two stepchildren, and the lingering ghost of her own past betrayals, she finds that the life of a "second marryer" leaves much to be desired. As her friendship develops with Richard, so grows the shadow cast over her marriage by his presence, and when they make a late, illicit bay crossing together on a ferryboat, the story gathers momentum under California's Mount Tamalpais. There, in the fabled Golden State, Sylvia Brownrigg shows how even a layperson's Zen can lead to some important revelations about the need to look forward, not back. Told with unwavering honesty and wit, Morality Tale explores what it means to be married a second time around--and the crucial universal truth that change is often the key to staying together. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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An interesting acknowledgement comes from Brownrigg at the end of Morality Tale: “This novel comes straight from the dark solitary heart of the middle of the night.” That may be a strange place to spawn comedy, but nevertheless: the book made me laugh. Here’s a protagonist who’s naïve in all the perfect spots – the downsides to a relationship with a married man, the difference between romantic affair and marriage, the shelf life of an ex-wife’s wrath, and what it takes to mother stepchildren beyond the ability to carpool and pack lunches. There’s such honesty in our unnamed protagonist’s admissions and honesty can be very funny.
For the rest of this review see the November 2008 issue of Open Letters here:http://openlettersmonthly.com/issue/nov08-sylvia-brownrigg-karen-vanuska/ ( )