Sea Oak: Main character is a male who works in a sleazy sex restaurant (Joysticks) as a waiter. He lives in a miserable place with a dysfunctional family just able to make ends meet. "Sea Oak's not safe" Brass knuckles, crackhouse, shots fired.Then his aunt Bernie dies. She's lived a bland life, but in death -- whoa! She digs her way out of her grave, returns to her home, decomposes, falls apart, foul mouth. She missed out, and in her second coming, she continues to miss out. The whole family misses out. Maybe the whole world misses out. Grim
"To all humankind, Tess was only a passing thought. Even to friends, she was only a frequently passing thought." Angel Clare is a good character. He's "enlightened," in so many ways, but when Tess's confesses her "crime," he reverts to ancestral form . . . Tess's "confession" comes earlier than I expected, right after Angel reveals that he has had a bad moment with a woman. Tess points out the similarity in their transgressions, though his is the only true transgression, expecting forgiveness. She doesn't get it. She returns to her mother . . . realizes she can't stay with her. Thoughts to suicide. Unhappiness that divorce is not possible. Departs. Tragic in that the two, if Angel could just see clearly, would indeed be a great couple, each adding to the other. Nature as a definite force involved in the tragedy. It's not neutral--when things go bad, the very skies mock Tess. Tess as unaware of the power of her bea...
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