Return is a memoir about movement - the physical movement of returning home after years abroad and the internal movement of releasing the past. As the author learns about her dead father, she examines life in the context of his absence and traces adolescent rebellion, spiritual hunger,
the complexities of the mother-
daughter relationship,
and the driving need of a survivor to understand loss.
Beyond Careless is a novel that explores how childhood patterns
re-surface in an adult
character’s attempts to find love and
intimacy. When faced with the prospect of self-reflection at a writing retreat, Morgan distracts himself by falling for a narcissistic married woman called Eve. His self-sabotage, failure to perceive emotional patterns, and gradual move towards emotional literacy form the central preoccupations of the novel.