Family can provide both comfort and turmoil from "summary" of A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
In this world, family is meant to be a source of solace, a sanctuary where one can seek refuge from the trials and tribulations of everyday life. It is a place where one can find unconditional love, unwavering support, and a sense of belonging. But what happens when family becomes the very source of one's pain, when the bonds that are supposed to bring comfort instead bring only torment?The characters in 'A Little Life' experience this duality of family in its rawest form. For Jude, family is a complicated mixture of love and trauma, comfort and turmoil. His childhood was marked by unspeakable abuse at the hands of his caregivers, leaving him with deep emotional scars that would haunt him for the rest of his life. But amidst the darkness, there were moments of light - fleeting instances of kindness and compassion that provided him with a glimmer of hope. As Jude grows older, he creates his own family with his closest friends, forming a tight-knit circle o...
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