Friend: A Novel, The Marine Biology

Friend: A Novel, The Marine BiologyWhen a woman unexpectedly loses her lifelong best friend and mentor, she finds herself burdened with the unwanted dog he has left behind. Her own battle against grief is intensified by the mute suffering of the dog, a huge Great Dane traumatized by the inexplicable disappearance of its master, and by the threat of eviction dogs are prohibited in her apartment building. While others worry that grief has made her a victim of magical thinking, the woman

Razing the cultural paradigm that the ideal love is infused with sex and desire

Tense and blood-chilling

church burnings and bombings by anti-Black racists continued

just can’t seem to finish her overdue novel

he arrived there to work as a laborer in the preparations for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and ended his days living in the vast homeless village in the park

has no desire to wear herself down with a husband and kids

But their search for the transcendent leads them down a dangerous path

the book takes inspiration from the iconic locations the infamous gang inhabits

It shows the history of the Green Book

ludicrous conversations

civic organizations

Interpreted with a spirit of generous humor and joyous adventure