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If so, in what ways is lark and termite similar to her earlier work, and how is it. Jan 12, 2010 jayne anne phillips renders what is realistically impossible with such authority that the reader never questions its truth. There are books you recommend to everybody, and then there are books you share cautiously, even protectively. Born of different fathers, they have been sent by their mother, lola, to live with their aunt. It is a story of the power of loss and love, the echoing. Lark and termite jayne anne phillips, 2009 knopf doubleday 304 pp. Click to read more about lark and termite by jayne anne phillips. Mar 16, 2009 jayne anne phillips s densely poetic and powerful novel reveals how unselfish love, loyalty and sheer contentment in each others company hold this unconventional family together when the. Jayne anne phillips has the universal soul of an artist, and she is at the height of her powers in lark and termite, entering with absolute authenticity and compassion into the hearts and sensibilities of the members of a remarkable family, whose story from the middle of the 20th century reflects profoundly on our lives in the beginning of. A rich, wonderfully alive novel from one of our most admired and be. She is the recipient of a guggenheim fellowship, two.
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