Gay Degani

The stories in ‘Pomegranate’ convince you Gay Degani’s been in your shoes, thought your thoughts, felt your emotions. You realize that you are stronger than you thought you were, the ironies of life won’t stop the rain from falling, and that we need to smile when the opportunities present themselves. Beautiful prose, beautiful stories, do yourself a favor and buy this book.

I crept down the dark hall to y room. At the door, I froze. My only refuge had been torn apart. Drawers bulged from their sockets. Clothes were heaped over scattered shoes, underwear, books. The mattress titled sideways across the bedroom, its sheets like white flags. The magazines, the photos, the scrapbook I’d pasted together by flashlight—almost everything I’d squirreled away about my mother—had been ripped apart and strewn across the floor.

Gay Degani's novel What Comes Before show more deserves a timely, careful reading. It is written with a defined craft in point-of-view, and Degani demonstrates the ability to extend language beyond mere communication. While reading this work, author Marilynne Robinson continued to echo in my memory.
More than a good read, this novel is a must read.

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This a fast-paced entertaining story that combines elements of a good police procedural with a family mystery. It has great pacing. The main characters are well-drawn and believable. I cared about Abby and Mackenna and I kept turning the page to find out what happened. It’s a good story.