Underground Fugue
By Margot Singer
Yet another book about dealing with a dying mother! Gee, how am I managing to find these books?
Amanda returns to London from New York after her marriage breaks up, three years after the death of her only child. She deals with her dying mother and ultimate death. She meets an Iranian man who lives next door, divorced, with a troubled son.
The novel is told in the voices of the various characters, including the mother who travels back in her memory to her time growing up in easter Europe before WWII and how she, a Jew, escapes to England.
Javad, the Iranian doctor, also travels back in time to memories of his life growing up in Iran and his escape to England.
Ties in themes of racism in London, and includes the bombing of the London Underground as part of the plot.
Beautiful writing, though a rather unsatisfying ending.
Rating: 3.5/5
Recommendation: Sure.
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