Word: compassioner
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But not, unlike so many contemporary fictional neurotics, unpleasant to be around. She never wallows in self-pity; she wallows, instead, in deracinated compassion for everyone, including herself, who must cope with contemporary reality. "People were lucky to have lived in bygone eras, I thought, even though they're dead...
Since the Sunday night telethon, the whole city has rallied behind the victims of the fire not only with compassion, but just as importantly, cash.
BOOKS . . . DO THE WINDOWS OPEN? The juxtaposition of what should be done set against the difficulty of actually doing it underscores the comic principle that animates Julie Hecht's first collection of fiction (Random House; 212 pages; $21). Her narrator ought to be happy, or at least fulfilled. She and...
BOOKS . . . DO THE WINDOWS OPEN? The juxtaposition of what should be done set against the difficulty of actually doing it underscores the comic principle that animates Julie Hecht's first collection of fiction (Random House; 212 pages; $21). Her narrator ought to be happy, or at least fulfilled. She and...
My father beat my mother for 15 years while people in authority did nothing. We never knew why or when my father would begin his assault. It could happen any day of the week and at any hour. When Kay Weekley stated that she knew her husband came to her...