Tuesday, March 7, 2017

The Blackwater Lightship by Colm Toibin



Helen and Declan.  Brother and sister. They get along okay.  Helen and mother don’t.  When their father dies when they were young, the relationship between Helen and her mother deteriorated.

Now that her brother is dying, the relationship is redeemed.  When their father died, Helen felt that her mother didn’t try to be loving and consoling to the children.  Helen felt she was too distant.  She held onto these feelings all through her adult life.  It takes a tragic moment to bring the family together under the same roof. 


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