Looking for Mary Gabriel

Looking for Mary Gabriel

BY CAROLE LAWRENCE

(THOMAS DUNNE BOOKS $23.95)

In her debut novel, this Texas author introduces Bonita Gabriel, a 52-yearold woman forced to confront the secrets of her past. Since leaving home, Bonita has lived under a new name, Jane Mitchell, and has hidden the details of her life from those who know her as Jane.

Her father's death compels her to confront her history. Not only must she bury him and settle his accounts, but she must also inform Mary, her schizophrenic sister, of his death. As she brings Mary from the mental institution to the funeral, Bonita recalls the madness, the lies, and her own unintentional act of violence that fractured the family.

Moving between the 1950s and 1990s, Carole Lawrence masterfully conveys all the emotion that Bonita's homecoming causes. TAI HICKS

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