Excerpt from Precarious by Hope Coulter
29/02/08 14:10
At a friend's urging, new widow Eliza Couvillion,
starts writing an account of how she met her husband,
years before, when she went to Arkansas on a legal
case--trying to track down a child lost in the foster
system. That child, now grown, is the one encouraging
her to write the story.
Eliza's search led her through state bureaucracies and into poor sections of Little Rock that contrasted with the affluent suburbs where she was staying. She also sought out a college friend and began a relationship.
Marcus remembers his crack-addicted mother and a gamut of other caretakers and mishaps. His and Eliza's entwined history sheds light on her present-day struggle with loss and disconnection.
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Eliza's search led her through state bureaucracies and into poor sections of Little Rock that contrasted with the affluent suburbs where she was staying. She also sought out a college friend and began a relationship.
Marcus remembers his crack-addicted mother and a gamut of other caretakers and mishaps. His and Eliza's entwined history sheds light on her present-day struggle with loss and disconnection.
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