Lavina Anthony W. Bateman More than a decade into

More than a decade into the 21st century

simply marvellous"

keeping a grudge

He addresses both theoretical and clinical aspects of what are characterized as disturbances of the self

intense emotions

Lavina Anthony W. Bateman More than a decade intoMary Jacob grew up as an anomaly. A child of Louisiana in the early sixties, she found little in common with most of the people in her community and in her household, and her best friend was Lavina, the black woman who cooked and cleaned for her family. Now, in the early nineties, Mary Jacob has escaped her history and established a fresh, if imperfect, life for herself in New York. But when she learns of her father's critical illness, she needs to go