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The characters, which range from preschool to elderly, live any-where from Vancouver Island to northern Italy. Children struggle with family problems; lonely women make determined but not always wise decisions about love; men and women struggle against the twin enemies of grief and trauma.Linda Biasotto convincingly exposes soft underbellies, whether of a teenage boy dealing with events he can't shake ("Sweet Life") or a middle-aged Italian woman determined to keep her crazed brother from wrecking her marriage chances ("The Bells of San Martino").The ironically humourous story, "Paradise Hotel," exposes the spiteful remains of cold love, while elderly Mrs. Kravitz ("Mrs. Kravitz's Mood") may have met her match when her neighbour finagles his way into her kitchen. A father is grateful for a second chance to warn his daughter about the fallout of her decision in "What You ShouldKnow." The unloved Cristina in "The Virgin in the Grotto" justifies her gruesome plan, as do the young...Pages of Sweet Life :
