Small Silent Things A Novel
Small Silent Things A Novel by Robin Page is a lyrical debut published by HarperCollins on September 3, 2019. This 336-page work delves into the complexities of parenthood, identity, and the lingering effects of trauma as it intertwines the lives of two neighbors, Jocelyn Morrow and Simon Bonaventure, who are both grappling with their pasts.
In this narrative, Jocelyn confronts the memories of her traumatic childhood following the death of her mother, while navigating her life as a mother in Southern California. Her seemingly privileged existence is marked by hidden scars and a growing obsession with her tennis coach, Kate. Meanwhile, Simon, a Rwandan refugee, faces his own haunting memories of loss from the genocide, compounded by a mysterious letter from his daughter. As their tentative friendship develops, Jocelyn and Simon find solace in sharing their dark histories, creating a bond that may offer them a path away from their respective abysses.
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A lyrical, haunting debut that explores the power of parenthood, identity, lust, and the legacy of trauma, as the lives of two neighbors are upended by ghosts from their past lives.
When the news of her mother’s death reaches Jocelyn Morrow, it stirs up memories of her traumatic childhood. She is a mother herself now, to six-year-old Lucy; living a life of privilege in Southern California with her husband Conrad; moving in a world of wealthy white women, even though she is not white; as far away from her past as she can get. Her designer clothes cover a net of scars across her back, and she hides an even deeper mark—a fundamental stain, something she believes invited her abuse. She also has a blossoming secret: she is becoming obsessed with Kate, her tennis coach.
Her neighbor Simon Bonaventure is a successful landscape architect and a Rwandan refugee. He too is haunted, by the wife and daughter who were taken from him in the genocide twenty years ago. The ghosts of those he could not save, and those who took them, are never far, and now he has received a letter—allegedly from his daughter, grown, and full of questions for a father she doesn’t know.
As Jocelyn and Simon begin a tentative friendship, they forge a bond out of their dark secret histories—a bond that may be their only hope of being pulled back from the abyss.
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