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...center of Mistry's fine new novel Family Matters (Faber and Faber; 487 pages) is Nariman Vakeel, a 79-year-old Parsi widower besieged equally by Parkinson's disease and his middle-aged stepchildren, Coomy and Jal. Nariman is also haunted by memories of the real love of his life, a Catholic Goan whom he did not marry in deference to the "marriage arrangers, the wilful manufacturers of misery," a failure of courage that resulted in scandal and tragedy. His joyless family resides in a spacious apartment in Bombay's Chateau Felicity...
...Though much of Japan knows the sad story of how Diana Yukawa was orphaned, few are aware of the more complicated side of the tale. She and her mother and sister never asked for financial compensation from JAL and Boeing, the U.S. maker of the plane, until a few years ago. (Batches of compensation, worth a reported $300 million, were given to families of other victims.) Dissatisfied with negotiations, the two sisters traveled to Japan from their home in London last month not only to pay tribute to their father but also to announce they may sue. "We have waited...
...sons or wife about his second family. The wealthy Yukawa clan offered Bayly a sum of about $400,000 on condition that she hide the existence of her daughters and forfeit any claim to the family estate. Secrecy meant she could not apply for compensation from JAL. Shocked, grieving and nursing a newborn, Bayly signed. Back in London, they lived on the payoff and with some clandestine help from Yukawa's mother...
...when the grandmother died in 1998, Bayly and her daughters called in the lawyers. They say JAL representatives told them to sue the Yukawa family instead. (Yukawa's wife and sons got $750,000 from JAL and Boeing.) JAL said that the daughters were ineligible because they were illegitimate. The family submitted DNA samples and in March 2000 received a declaration of paternity in British courts. JAL then offered about $80,000. Meanwhile, Diana shot to musical fame. In late July, JAL offered about $200,000. Bayly and her daughters rejected it. "We are not asking for much," says Bayly...
...family wants JAL and Boeing to pay up. (Boeing had admitted liability for a faulty repair job and paid 80% of the earlier settlements.) But they admit money can't heal all wounds. At the spot on Mount Osutaka where Akihisa Yukawa's body was found, his family fusses over a makeshift memorial. Bayly leaves a cake from his favorite bakery, Diana her second CD. Says Cassie: "Nothing can ever truly compensate us for having to grow up without...