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| February 01, 2006 | Kane, Florence | COPYRIGHT 2006 All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of The Condé Nast Publications Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Florence Kane

With the new year comes an engaging array of familial tales. In A Family Daughter, Maile Meloy continues the emotional saga of the Santerres, focusing on Abby, whose incestuous affair at 21 threatens her chances at a normal life. Nothing will ever be the same for the Smart family once a woman shows up at the door of their summer rental in Ali Smith's brilliantly incisive The Accidental. Set in 1980s India, Kiran Desai's The Inheritance of Loss, which tells the ...

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