Wayne Ng
Autor de Finding the Way: A Novel of Lao Tzu
Obras de Wayne Ng
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- Canada
- País (para mapa)
- Canada
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Lugares de residencia
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Ocupaciones
- Social Worker
- Relaciones
- Willis, Alette (critique group)
Tector, Amy (critique group)
Miembros
Reseñas
Premios
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 3
- Miembros
- 12
- Popularidad
- #813,248
- Valoración
- 4.3
- Reseñas
- 3
- ISBNs
- 8
- Idiomas
- 1
Where is the line between Hannah as a victim of circumstance versus a victim of her own decisions? The scale lands heavily on the former, but the struggle to make the right decisions is real. She lives in a mental fog, constantly struggling to convince herself and her son that she knows what she's doing and has a plan, but privately knows she is making it up as she goes along. What choice does she have? Nobody's advice sounds easy or answers her emotional needs. The only people Hannah does venture to trust are those who wear their faults where she can see them. There is no "single mom's aid society", only Ontario's Children's Aid Society that makes her feel like she is constantly at war and forced into playing the villain's role.
Fairy tale endings don't happen in reality, but most problems have solutions. Hannah's challenge is whether to keep trying to conquer or surrender, while having no clear view of the consequences. Wayne Ng offers no escapism here, only real insights into real problems, faced by someone who looks a lot like the angry stranger you might see at the mall or downtown, the one who is too brisk with her kid and short-tempered with everybody else. I've walked three hundred pages in her shoes and now I see her in a different light.… (más)