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Only one person knew that Ed Lawson used to watch his sister Mary Anne in the shower. But it is only in the more recent past when Althea, Ed's daughter, meets her Aunt Mary Anne at her father's funeral, that she starts to understand and reconcile her own resentment with a growing understanding of her parent's motivations, desires, and failures. Told in three distinct parts by the defeated Ed Lawson, his manic wife Josephine, and their bitter but earnest daughter Althea, this compelling tale of violence, sexual shame, and personal failure recounts the dreadful secrets of a broken family. In order to be healed, Ed, Josephine, and Althea must each tell their unique stories, and each of them must seek, acknowledge, and eventually accept "the fearful truth" about their pained and haunted lives together.
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'A wonderfully subtle novel ... this terse, deceptively simply told story is a moving study of how trauma can unwittingly be passed on through generations' --'The Bookseller'
About the Author:
Jason Hinojosa taught literature and creative writing at globally-competitive international schools in Florida and Hong Kong. He travelled extensively in Asia, including Kolkata including Kolkata, where he volunteered long-term for Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity. He published a number of short stories and won two literary awards. THE LAST LAWSONS is his debut novel.
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- PublisherRoman Books
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 9380905300
- ISBN 13 9789380905303
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages200
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