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Crafts Crafts & Hobbies Crafts & Hobbies Papercrafts, Stamping & Stenciling StencilingZeke Cafarelli is twenty-nine, rather shy, angelically handsome, an antique clock collector, and a house painter. He's been to college, but he suffers from a mild case of Asperger's Syndrome, so life is often cluttered and disorderly. Zeke's parents love him dearly, but Don, his father has recently had a heart attack and his mother, Gwen is threatening to run away with Maurice, her new lover. They both want Zeke to give up...
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Margot Livesey's Banishing Verona is simply a wonderful novel. The novel concerns the relationship between Zeke, a 29 year old painter and handyman who suffers from mild Asperger's Syndrome (similar to autism) and Verona, a single, pregnant woman in her mid-30s in contemporary London. Zeke's Asperger's makes it difficult for him to understand human relationships. He once asks a therapist why he has to always respond to...
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I am giving Banishing Verona 5 stars because it is such an entertaining book. If you are having a reading slump, I highly recommend this to jump start your reading. The book tells the tale of a pregnant single woman named Verona, who meets a man named Zeke. Zeke has mild Aspergers syndrome, and in the course of a day or so, and under rather unusual conditions, they fall in love. They are separated, and spend the majority...
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Ever since I read The Missing World, Margot Livesey has been one of my all-time favorite authors. Her novels are often dark and thought-provoking, but with a prose so beautiful that you cannot put her books down. I couldn't wait to read another one of her novels. I am so glad I read Banishing Verona. Zeke is a twenty-nine-year-old house painter and handyman in London. He is described as having the face of a Raphael angel...
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I was immediately drawn in by the characters, Zeke and Verona. I so much wanted their relationship to work out, that when at one point I wasn't sure it would, my "heart fell." They were totally alive to me, as were the supporting cast of parents, brothers and friends. The descriptions of the way Zeke responded to life were clear and fascinating. I was particularly charmed by his encounter with the nurse, Jill, and their few...
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