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ARRoGANT CoURiERS WiTH ESSaYS
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Grade Level: Type of Work Subject/Topic is on:
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[ ]6-8 [ ]Class Notes [Essay on Janette Turner ]
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[ ]9-10 [ ]Cliff Notes [Hospital's 4 vivid ]
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[x]11-12 [x]Essay/Report [female Characters in her]
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[ ]College [ ]Misc [2 Novels. ]
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Dizzed: 09/94 # of Words:1659 School: ? State: ?
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>Chop Here>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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With " beautifully executed images" , Janette
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Turner Hospital creates four vivid female character in her
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two novels. The four characters are Juliet and Yashoda in
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The Ivory Swing and Elizabeth and Emily in The Tiger in the
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Tiger Pit . Each of the above is invested by Turner Hospital
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with a deep consciousness.
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In the view of Janette Turner Hospital, women are
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immensely uncertain. They are never sure of what they want.
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However, when it comes to dealing with external conflicts,
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they are very strong-willed. On the other hand, she also
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indicates that maternal love is strong. Women have
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passionate beliefs in the importance of the family. As the
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stories follow, these feminine personalities are gradually
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proved.
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Before leaving for India, Juliet had a hard time
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deciding whether to stay with her professor husband, David,
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or move to Montreal to stay with her former lover Jeremy.
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Uncertain as usual, all Juliet wants is to " maintain the
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balancing act." She could never summon up the courage to
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face new circumstances. Her mind is never firm enough to
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challenge the present state. So she makes her choice in the
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order of morality. She stays with her husband and leaves for
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India with him. It is more likely that the fate designated
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Juliet's future. She is married to Dave on her own accord.
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Therefore, she does what a good wife is supposed to do.
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1. Reviewed in : Booklist v.79 p.994 Apr 1, 1983
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2. " The Ivory Swing " p.18
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In Kerala, where David is on sabbatical to study
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primitive Indian culture, the couple encounters Yashoda," a
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widow who does not accept the fate and rigid rules of her
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culture." Yashoda wants the right to wear jewellery, to
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appear in public; most of all, she wants love. She does not
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care about either inauspicious or disgrace. She even runs
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the risk of being penalized to travel with Annie. For an
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Indian woman such as Yashoda, it is considered quite
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difficult adjusting to her society.
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Among the four female characters, many similarities
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are found between Juliet and Elizabeth. Like Juliet,
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Elizabeth has to choose between her husband and lover. The
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only difference is that the death of her lover has certainly
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made her life easier. She no longer doubts anymore after
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Jeremy's death. Her cross-roads becomes one way and ever
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since then her life is as simple as an ordinary housewife.
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Elizabeth still recalls her past, but she appreciates that
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fact that fate decides her future for her. In this case she
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avoids family and friendship broken. And she has something
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to remembrance for a life time.
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Elizabeth's youngest child, Emily, is the
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mysterious woman of the four. In Montreal where she happens
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to be pregnant and Sydney where she encounters her lover,
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Dave. She thereafter moves to England. It is obvious that
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Emily love Dave a lot; but she is a uncertain as can be. Her
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leaving Dave without even saying good-bye represents her
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3. Reviewed in : Booklist v.79 p.994 Apr,1983
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doubts. She is afraid that once she has to face the
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reality, her love for Dave, she would crush.
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Juliet and Elizabeth both stay with their husbands
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after all, yet they do not own what they really want. Dave
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has noticed Juliet's " staring from the window of their house
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like a woman behind bars" , so has Emily mentions about her
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about her mother's " standing at the French window like a
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caged bird." Emily is aware of her uncertainty. Therefore,
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she decides to leave Dave for England. In her opinion she
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only wants to get away from complicated life to sort things
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out; but instead of talking to Dave about it, she leaves
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secretly. Her doing so has hurt Dave and sacrificed her
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son's, Adam, happiness as well as her own.
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It is easy to get this kind of impression that
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Yashoda might be the exceptional certain woman because it
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seems that she fights for her ideas; however, if she has the
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courage to challenge realities, she should be brave enough to
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face the results. On the contrary, Yashoda begs for rescue.
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One can only say she acts as if she was a spoiled kid. The
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four women all have something in common. The problem is they
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are afraid to let out their feelings.
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4. " The Ivory Swing " p.152
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5. " The Tiger in the Tiger Pit " p.32
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Although Janette Turner Hospital implies that women
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are uncertain, she believes that when it comes to dealing
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with external conflicts, they are very strong-willed. At the
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same time, maternal love is usually where the strength comes
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from. Not wanting her children to miss out such an
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experience, Juliet makes the decision of going to India. In
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the commotion that occurs in Kerala, Juliet circles herself
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just to protect her daughter, Miranda. " Miranda was packed
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tight into her arms like a leaden doll."
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Yashoda does not have any children, yet her
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compassion toward the orphan, Prabhakaran, has shown that
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maternal love is a feminine attitude. " They wept together,
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his head on her mothering shoulder, his hand caressing the
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bare kernel of her head with infinite filial tenderness."
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Elizabeth, the grandmother stereotype, who manages
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to survive the endangered family relationship is most
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respectable. After she hears of the existence of Dave and
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how he does for Adam, she writes a letter after she arrives
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home. Her reaction has made Dave feel being a part of the
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family and increased the possibility of Dave and Emily's
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marriage. All these Elizabeth has done are out of love
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toward her children.
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Emily does not think of her children as much as the
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other women do; but her last decision of calling Dave is base
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on the need of Adam for paternal love. It is not easy
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6. " The Ivory Swing " p.177
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7. Idid... p.232
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raising an illegimate child especially when her father
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busts out " I will not have a bastard in my house. I never
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wish to see him. Never."
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Juliet and Dave's marriage is base on a very
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abrupting way. " `Would you marry me? ' `Oh' she said,
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dancing on the toes of other passengers, flinging her arms
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around him, `Yes, I would.' " Juliet accepts Dave's proposal
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for several reasons. First of all, she is already tired of
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Jeremy's so-called " staying out of a handful of meaningless
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nights." It is another one those night that Jeremy has not
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returned to their apartment. Juliet could not be angry but
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she is extremely upset. When it comes to dealing with
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external conflicts, women are very strong-willed. Therefore,
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Juliet has the strength of standing in front of Jeremy
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saying" ; I'm getting married.' `The truth is I'm in love
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with David.'" And most importantly, David is completely
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opposite to Jeremy. David is more a serious philosopher, a
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family man type. In the meanwhile, Juliet needs of feel
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stable and secure. They've set a family, where Juliet's
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passionate belief lies in, there is no such thing as strong
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love between the couple, just a sense of sharing. With the
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belief, though Juliet has some thought of separating, she
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remains married.
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8. " The Tiger in the Tiger Pit " p.121
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9. " The Ivory Swing " p.74
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10. Ibid... p.76
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11. Ibid...p.
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Because of her educational background, Yashoda is
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much more modern than other Indian women. Though she has a
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lot of opinions of her own, she accepts the arranged
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marriage. If Yashoda's husband had not died so early, she
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might not have done any fighting against traditions. She
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would at least try to maintain her family reputation because
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according to her attitude of accepting as arranged husband,
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she is meant to have a passionate belief in family.
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It is understandable that most conservative woman
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in the two novels, Elizabeth, must have a passionate belief
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in family. Yes, she does have some affairs with a man other
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than her husband, Edward. Nevertheless, she is even happier
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when she makes sure the baby she just give birth to is
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Edward's. Watching the negative progress of Edward's
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physical condition, Elizabeth knows that she has to bring the
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whole family together again, to give Edward at least a chance
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of seeing their only grandchild, Adam. She does make it
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possible, her passionate belief in family has accomplished
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it.
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We do not learn what kind of concepts Emily has for
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family. What we can tell is she does not want a marriage.
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She does not want to be trapped like her mother. Emily is
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probably the only woman who does not have a passionate belief
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in family in the two books by Janette Turner Hospital, yet
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she gets close to settling down at the end of the story. She
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longs for a family though she does not realize it herself.
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To sum up, Janette Turner Hospital thinks women are
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likely to be uncertain when making decisions. They usually
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consent to other's suggestions especially their closest male
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company. However, when it comes to dealing with external
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conflicts, they would turn to be real strong-willed. They
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would come through all obstacles to reach their goals. No
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matter what the situations are, women would suffer to protect
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their children. Maternal love is always shown in the first
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place. On top of the above, Tuner Hospital also implies that
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women have passionate belief in family. Both of the two
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books The Ivory Swing and The Tiger in the Tiger Pit are
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written sensitively. Yet the latter is not as successful as
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the former one. " 50th wedding anniversaries and family
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reunions of any kind ought to be left to the manufacturers of
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greeting cards."
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12. " Life with Father " by Judith Fitzgerald
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Reviewed in : Books in Canada v.12 p.33 Nov 1983
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BIBLIOGRAPHY :
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HOSPITAL, JANETTE TURNER,THE TIGER IN THE TIGER
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PIT. TORONTO, McCLELLAND & STEWART LTD. :
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1987.
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HOSPITAL, JANETTE TURNER,THE IVORY SWING.
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TORONTO, McCLELLAND & STEWART LTD. : 1982.
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