It Was A Kiss From The Past.

I'm A Writer Who Never Writes About Sex. It's So Far From My Own Fictional World.

They Had Nothing To Say To Each Other. A Five-year Age Gap Between Siblings Is Like A Garden That Needs Constant Attention. Even Three Months Apart Allows The Weeds To Grow Up Between You.

He Had Her In His Heart, But Not Always In His Mind.

The Novel Leads You Places That You Never Could Have Gotten To Otherwise.

Because Immigrants Have Always Been Particularly Prone To Repetition - It's Something To Do With That Experience Of Moving From West To East Or East To West Or From Island To Island. Even When You Arrive, You're Still Going Back And Forth; Your Children Are Going Round And Round. There's No Proper Term For It - Original Sin Seems Too Harsh; Maybe Original Trauma Would Be Better.