A Year with the Harrisons was published on retail sites fairly recently, but had an appearance as a weekly serial years before. It was a rambling story with lots of incidental moments that have gradually fallen by the wayside, but a lot of its situations are still quite relevant and its theme has always been stable--it describes a big extended family who might be a little out of the mainstream but who are really just like everybody's family. They’re not the only relatives to squabble, to feel more different from each other than they are, and to have a busybody aunt. And because of that every reader can see a lot of their own parents, cousins, and siblings in these characters.
The five central characters:
Brenda occupies a central place in the story and activates whole areas of the plots, influencing directly or indirectly almost every other character. A vibrant and talented musician who wears the concept of “star” like others wear perfume, she might be a little controlling, a little self-absorbed—at times, even a little teensy bit full of herself. Maybe?
Published on November 05, 2020 10:30