. She also deals with aspects of love and family, both in terms of foundational closeness and insecure

first man she ever loved. Consequently, she has to face the reaction of her family and the pressure of

suicide of her adopted mother and the fractured family left behind--that interact with each other in small

-American family. Primarily written in first person narrative, it gives voice to a Filipina-American who has

helplessness of watching a family member's psychological downfall, while examining the blurred lines between

destiny as she realizes she must make a decision that will affect her forever. In the meantime, her family

impact of mental illness on the nuclear and extended family. Through the good times and the bad, we loved

with itself, and the fragility of the family who tries to make their home there.

my return to three sacred places. First, to my home, the farm that has been in our family for over

family and livelihood of land use decisions made by others. Distrust of government, loss, caregiving

-year-old high school graduate, as her family moves into a house in New Orleans's French Quarter neighborhood

family's hoarding, Joseph experiences powerlessness that only abates when he writes a manifesto that