Sin and Syntax by Constance Hale

Sin and Syntax by Constance Hale

Now comes the powerful sequel to

Whitney LeBlanc's Blues in the Wind.

Shadows of the Blues -- a story of lust, love and voodoo.

Moving through the tumultuous decades of time, from the end of WI to the Civil Rights Movement in the Sixties, the Fergerson/Broussard families' struggle continues, as Martha, the matriarch of the family, faces life in a mental institution. Her control continues to reach beyond the walls of her confinement, as she confesses to a lifetime of wrongdoings which threaten to destroy her family. In the small town of Estilette, Louisiana, where racism and injustice are simply a part of everyday life, the family struggles to escape the shadows of emotional conflicts, which are played out against a backdrop of the blues.

Phillip took a deep breath and pulled at his eyebrows. Troubles were raining down on the family: Lala announced that she was getting a divorce--Rosa was running around with a man wanted by the law, and Lightfoot came close to killing Naomi. His family was unraveling right before his eyes.

Constance Hale is a Hawaiian-born journalist located in San Francisco who has been covering Hawaiian culture for over twenty-five years. The Atlantic, National Geographic Adventure, Afar, Smithsonian, Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, and Honolulu have published her award-winning features on slack-key guitar, the sovereignty movement, the Hawaiian language, Big Island cowboys, and Spam sushi. She's also worked for the Oakland Tribune, the San Francisco Examiner, Wired, and Health magazines as a staff reporter and editor. She is the author of three books on language and literary style, including the best-selling Sin and Syntax, and an eight-part series on how to write a sentence that can be found on the New York Times Opinionator. Hale began dancing the hula at the age of seven and participated in May Day events every year at Hale'iwa Elementary School before moving on to ballet and jazz dance at Punahou School and Princeton University.

She graduated from Princeton University with a bachelor's degree and UC Berkeley with a master's degree. She has been studying hula with Patrick Makuakāne for twenty years and edits Kaholo'ana, the hula's annual newsletter.

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ISBN 13	9780767903097
ISBN 10	0767903099
Title	Sin and Syntax
Author	Constance Hale
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)
Year published	2001-03-20
Number of pages	309
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.