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| April 25, 2001 |
Father of the Four Passages
Lois-Ann Yamanaka
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Sonia is no angelic single mom overcoming adversity and hardship with her place in the reader's heart assured from page 1. Quite the opposite. She's addicted to drugs and alcohol, she hates her newborn son, she's a lounge singer, she's six or seven years into her degree in fine art. The novel is told from her point of view, in a stream of consciousness that can make it difficult at times to pinpoint exactly what is happening or whether what Sonia is seeing is real or fantasy. But not a single word is wasted. By the end of the book you realize she isn't merely crazy, that there is something deeper and infinitely more spiritual going on. Through ritual comes redemption, grace, and intense love. Losing ground, fighting for it back, it's all part of the journey. And the emotions are real and difficult.
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