Word: brothers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...compelling blend of substantial issues and engaging action, Floating is a novel about a woman, Ruby, who falls in love with her husband's brother while her husband is away in jail. Addressing the difficult issues of an individual's responsibility to her family, to her friends and to her own happiness, the novel attempts to weigh the importance of love and loyalty and to confront the difficulties that arise when emotion and reason conflict...
...responsibilities. She cannot simply find her true love, ride off into the sunset, and live happily ever after, not because she is uncommonly weak, but because she is uncommonly real. In the closing scene of the novel, Ruby is forced to chose between leaving with her husband's brother and remaining as her husband comes home. Clearly, regardless of her decision, Ruby will face guilt and unhappiness. "Happily ever after" is not an option...
This week commemorates one year since my family tragically lost my oldest brother David. It was this week one year ago when my parents called me during my first weeks at Harvard to tell me that my brother, who we called by the nickname "Bubba," had passed away...
This week, it is with love and respect that I remember my brother's life. Bubba was brilliant, capable and handsome, and he had a family who adored him. But Bubba could never figure out who he was and whose he was, and so he struggled at every turn, without a sense of purpose or peace in his life...
Rakow says that despite those early sparring sessions with her brother, her parents are still slightly nervous about their little girl sparring. While Karate Kid-style "Sweep the leg!" theatrics are unheard of in the disciplined, traditional world of Shotokan Karate, like any parents, they still worry...