andrea lee - ah, author of Russian Journal (small trade paper ~ebbco ~ sold or left in seattle). maybe writes for the NewYorker? I think I have positive associations re her. // d n = Andrea Barrett author of Ship Fever (1996 - P&P) and Servants of the Map: Stories ~ science - intelligent? but 've not bee into it when tried reading.
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eliza minot -? ...title re hiding? no (thinking of? The Hiding Place: A Novel by Trezza Azzopardi - or maybe another memoir? no clues found to why.) ...maybe I just know Susan Minot. (but no Minot title re 'hiding' so that association still opaque.)

Himmel so nah. - - - that's pretty.

and: In The Tiny One Eliza Minot takes over what used to be her sister [ah] Susan's territory--just the way a younger sibling should. Territory in this case means a large, happy, Catholic family that lives in Massachusetts, spends summers in Maine, and is lucky enough to have love to spare. All this normality and stability, however, is changed by the death of Mrs. Revere--"Mum" as she is called throughout. What makes Minot's more than just another novel about a death in the family is the fact that it's written entirely from the perspective of the youngest Revere, Via. "Mum's dead forever," she says in the sentiment-free tones of a child grappling with death. "Mum's dead forever and the world's all different, roomy and huge." ... "I can't stop thinking about the day that it happened," Via tells us. "The day before yesterday.... The day was like other days and then it happened. I want to think about it so much that I also don't want to think about it." What follows is her account of the day her mother was killed in a car accident, interpolated with memories from and impressions of her young life. --az rvwr Melanie Rehak.

The Brambles by Eliza Minot (Hardcover - Jul 18, 2006)
pubweekly: As it turns out, the revealed secret is melodramatic and far-fetched [~ the best kind], but this novel excels all the same.

FAMILY SECRETS is the heading in O magz under wh this and Wicomb are recommended-
are there (only) certain possible secrets? >> in family secret stories, what are the repeated secrets (or is there variety)?
-'you're adopted" is not really a family secret; no, it's the something that "I have to tell you something, Billy." remembering Wilcheck ~ adv comp ~ someone - Tom? not Joey Stnb - saying this.
--classic family secret: your-real-father-is- [thorpe's mother to him: that's not dad. this is dad. hands him the phone. and he's an Indian!]
--or that father has a whole other family (that's an exciting one)
--or? maybe a woman in the attic...

look at this ~ power of Oprah ~ guess shldn't be surprised-
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