The Face Tells the Secret
Book Feature - The Face Tells the Secret by Jane Bernstein
Book Feature - The Face Tells the Secret by Jane Bernstein
HBL Note: I love a book that includes diverse characters and brings them to the forefront of our minds and conversations. The Face Tells the Secret by Jane Bernstein includes a character with disabilities who lives in a residential facility sparking discussion at your book club (I hope) about how we care for our family and friends with disabilities. A friend of mine from high school has a daughter with disabilities and I have learned so much through her about how we can include those with different abilities into our everyday activities - we don’t always have to separate them into different leagues or schools. But I’m getting a little off topic, scroll down to read more about The Face Tells the Secret which is already inspiring me to have conversations with others about our world. Isn’t that a sign of a good book?
Book Feature - The Face Tells the Secret by Jane Bernstein
From the publisher:
Everything has been hidden from Roxanne G.—her birth name, her sister, her family history—until her “boyfriend” tries to ingratiate himself by flying in her estranged mother from Tel Aviv. That visit is the start of a tumultuous journey, in which she first learns about a profoundly disabled sister who lives in a residential community in the Galilee and later begins to unearth disturbing long-held family secrets. The process of facing this history and acknowledging the ways she’s been shaped by it will enable Roxanne to forge the kinds of meaningful connections that had for so long been elusive. In this way, The Face Tells the Secret is the story about a woman who finds love and learns how to open herself to its pleasures. The Face Tells the Secret is also a story that explores disability from many angles and raises questions about our responsibility to care for our kin. How far should Roxanne go to care for the wounded people in her life—her mother, her sister, the man who professes undying love? What should she take on? When is it necessary to turn away from someone’s suffering?
Book Feature - The Face Tells the Secret by Jane Bernstein
