Mother of the daybreak & fast-breaking tides /
Mother of the small cup & fruit of the peach tree /
Mother of twigs & blossoms /
fondled in the mouths of fished streams /
memory of gold /
& supper at noon /
Mother of orange sunrise hat /
& blue scarf
The reality and impact of child abuse rests uneasily, front and center, with the interwoven themes of love and transformation. Meticulously crafted, God Help the Child is a journey of souls and hearts, a must-read book.
There is this about the novel The Sound of Things Falling by Juan Gabriel Vásquez: The push and pull between reason and emotion, choice and chance, life and death—a trio of diametrical pairings played against each other in the life of the narrator, Antonio Yammara.