Word: daria
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Like many women, Daria both loved her mother and prayed not to become like...
Piercy could probe much more deeply into Daria's dual struggle not to take the same verbal and psychological abuse that her mother took from her crude, hulking, selfish father and to still honor her mother. But after introducing Daria's quandary, Piercy abandons this conflict in favor of the cheap thrills of the arson story...
...same manner, Piercy deals minimally with the complex web of anger and guilt, love and mistrust that a divorce must create for Daria's daughters. The reader feels cheated, suspecting that if she only gave it attention, this author could produce some memorable fiction. Instead, Robin is on Ross's side and Tracy on Daria's, and, Io and behold, it all works...
Meanwhile, Daria has been drawn into the web of intrigue surrounding a string of mysterious fires in the dilapidated buildings that she has just discovered her husband owns. With her new group of friends, the very tenants of the buildings being destroyed. Daria investigates the dark secrets in Ross's other life...
...Home a bit much to swallow at times. But Piercy's prose is grounded in a very realistic portrayal of a very real woman, and her constant mention of Boston area landmarks, restaurants, and neighborhoods remind us that, yes, this is a real story. In similar moments, in fact. Daria reminds herself of the details that make her life real. She has a habit of counting her blessings, convincing herself that she exists and is happy--reminding herself of her identify...