Word: aunt
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When his father died over six years ago, and his mother became ill and died just months later, Ho and his sister were left as orphans in their native Taiwan. Alone in the country, it was the saving graces of an aunt and uncle in Martinez, Ga. that brought the two to the United States, and eventually brought Ho to where he is today...
...decades...60 percent of Italians won’t have a brother, a sister, an aunt or an uncle,” Weigel said...
...sweet respite from the high-stakes drama of most other graphical fiction. Kelso uses a warm, inviting style of soft colors and rounded, almost pillowy characters to explore the mysteries of people and relationships. A typical story, Meow Face, portrays a girl's deteriorating relationship with an increasingly eccentric aunt whose inexplicable antics include meowing in public. Using quiet panels, as when a busy mother takes a moment on a sunny porch, Kelso's stories invite contemplation...
...political history of Rep. Ford's extended family is interesting, to say the least, and could be a factor. Aunt Ophelia's state Senate seat was recently voided because of a voting scandal last year. Uncle John was forced out of the selfsame Senate seat after being indicted on several counts of bribery and extortion...
...Fiona Shaw (Aunt Petunia in the Harry Potter series), who plays Ramona Linscott, Swank’s mother, is spellbindingly theatrical and genuinely funny. I think she is supposed to be disturbing and seriously deranged and neither of these things are humorous, but no matter. I take entertainment where I can find...