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...novel dissolves rapidly after Sashie gives birth to her daughter, Mara, and it continues to unravel with the later insertion of Mara's niece, Naomi, as the final narrator. The work changes from a mythical tract to a soap opera of human fallibility. In the last section of the novel, one gets the impression that Budnitz wants to explore every facet of the human experience: mother and daughter, east and west, moral dilemmas and cheap symbolism...
...Naomi is the youngest narrator and the compendium of three generations of tenement dysfunction. While mysteriously drawn to her great-grandmother and the mystery of the egg, Naomi firmly inhabits the modern world. Her thoughts are descriptive rather than analytical, and this, combined with her youthful naivete, fail to give the reader any reason to feel an emotional stake in her future...
...lack of information. Now I must see the young students I teach line up to get checked for radiation. I hope the citizens in Tokaimura and the surrounding areas will take an active role in making sure a life-threatening nuclear accident like this doesn't happen again. NAOMI COOK Kanasago, Japan...
...know it's for a great cause, and just helping the kids is a big deal to me," 1999 US silver medallist Naomi Nari Nam said. "It was a great crowd. It always is here...
Many of this year's skaters have performed for EWC before. 1999 U.S. Silver Medalist Naomi Nari Nam, a rising American star, has skated for EWC for two years, and 1998 U.S. Junior Pairs Champions Tiffany and Johnnie Stigler have performed twice before...