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Family Matters is a compelling, emotional, and persuasive testimony to the importance of memories in every family's history. In a poetic style rich with detail, Mistry creates a world where fate dances with free will, and the results are often more familiar than anyone would ever care to admit. --Gisele Toueg
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. New, An Unread Copy. May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Dust Jacket. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. Family Matters Takes Us To Bombay In The Mid-1990S. Nariman Vakeel Is A Seventy-Nine-Year-Old Parsi Widower And The Patriarch Of A Small Discordant Family. Beset By Parkinson?S Disease And Haunted By Memories Of The Past, He Lives In A Once-Elegant Apartment With His Two Middle-Aged Stepchildren ? Coomy, Bitter And Domineering, And Her Brother, Jal, Mild-Mannered And Acquiescent. When Nariman?S Illness Is Compounded By A Broken Ankle, Coomy Plots To Turn His Round-The-Clock Care Over To Roxana, His Sweet-Tempered Sister. She Succeeds, But Not Without Cost, And Eventually Nariman Takes Up Residence With Roxana, Her Husband, Yezad, And Their Two Young Sons. The Effect Of The New Responsibility On Yezad, Who Is Already Besieged By Financial Worries, Pushes Him Into A Scheme Of Deception Involving Vikram Kapur, His Eccentric, Often Exasperating Employer At Bombay Sporting Goods Emporium. This Sets In Motion A Series Of Events ? A Great Unravelling And A Revelation Of The Family?S Love-Torn Past ? That Leads To The Narrative?S Final Outcome. In This Wise And Compassionate Novel, Mistry Has Once Again Created A Beautifully Realized World. As His Unforgettable Characters Confront Situations Over Which They Have No Control, Their Tragedies And Their Triumphs Ultimately Become Our Own. Family Matters Has All The Richness, The Gentle Humour, And The Narrative Sweep That Have Earned Rohinton Mistry The Highest Of Accolades Around The World. It Is A Stunning Achievement From One Of The Finest Writers Of Our Time. Seller Inventory # 007621
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