![]() ![]() And I have often felt the desire to simply leave bubble up from somewhere deep inside me. I understood, far more than I wanted to, Abra’s struggle to feel and to relate and to function. I recognised so much of myself in Katie and Abra – it was like watching my own internal conflicts played out by strangers. There are few narrative complexities, no unnecessary flourishes.Īnd then, it was also difficult to read. ![]() The story is simple, at least on the surface. Gaining Ground was easy to read because of the sparse simplicity – Joan Barfoot’s style is lucid and curt with an underlying warmth to it. It is a fascinating study of mother-daughter relationships and of extremes. Katie’s very presence draws Abra into memories that she thought she had left, swamping her at times. Gaining Ground is the story of Abra, a woman who left her family and everything she knew in order to live utterly alone and whose daughter Katie has now tracked her down to confront her.Ībra has no explanations to offer, no way of making Katie understand what she has done. ![]() ![]() Then again on the other hand, it was terrifyingly difficult. On the one hand, this book was incredibly easy to read. ![]()
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