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 The Only Good Thing Anyone Has Ever Done - Sandra Newman
Newest Review: ... adoptive brother, Eddie, is back from his overseas travels and has brought back a new friend, Ralph. Ralph is apparently the ... more  ... answers to all problems as he will be a fake Buddhist Guru in the mansion that will be transformed into a Tibetan School of Miracles in order to fleece naïve Californians. The book deals with the causes of Chrys' mental state - an alcoholic adoptive mother, an absent adoptive father - as well as family secrets stretching around the world, and a series of coincidences that tie things together.
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The Only Good Thing Anyone Has Ever Done - Sandra Newman: The Only Bad Thing Anyone Has Ever Written? (838 words)
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~Author~ Sandra Newman is an adopted child whose life could be a novel in itself. Raised in suburban Massachusetts her adoptive mother committed suicide when Sandra was 13. Family life was a struggle and she barely spoke to her brother Jeff for about 20 years. She wrote off her dad's car and was arrested for shoplifting; just two of many cries for help. It's not hard to see why she has written a book about mental illness and peculiar family relationships (in the family home, Sandra lived in the basement, her Dad on the ground floor and her Brother on the first floor - barely crossing paths, they rarely spoke to one another). Sandra has written ... Read the complete review
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