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Writing close to biography 1 first started reading Tony Hillerman‘s books (I think this may be the kind of book my about five years ago, mastly because a friend mother meant when she said "It‘s a man‘s of mine said that she was in love with Joe book." So, of course, I kept reading. How else is Leaphorn. He is a likeâ€" a a person to find out?) able, if somewhat clumsy, Even before he leaves character. I also liked Jim Ts Li s Los Angeles, Moon is conâ€" able, if somewhat clumsy, character. I also liked Jim Chee and the other charâ€" acters of Hillerman‘s Most of all, I enjoyed cue the bones of his what I came to think of ancestors from the deseâ€" as the "Navajo lore" cration of the last days of which filled Hillerman‘s the war in Viet Nam. books and the feel of the vast American southâ€" in Manila, Moon is sought out by Mrs. Osa west which was usually their setting. Hillerman _ van Winjgaarden, who confesses that the Mrs. was always respectful about the Navajo beliefs _ is a screen to hide behind when she travels and ceremonies which he included in his novels, _ alone on buying trips for her stepfather‘s store. and he made me curious enough about them She says she wants Moon to help her find and to go looking for more information about bring out her younger stepâ€"brother, who is runâ€" Navajo life and art. ning a mission in the hills near Phnom Penh. None of the above are a part of Hillerman‘s _ She is deeply afraid that her brother wants to latest book, Finding Moon. I was relieved to be a martyr. see an "apology" at the beginning of this Moon remembers his first impression of her: novel: A handsome woman, really. Graceful. Femiâ€" To my fellow desert rats, my apologies for nine. The sort of woman one saw in Cadillac wandering away from our beloved Navajo commercials, escorted by a man in a tux. canyon country. The next book will bring Not the sort of woman Moon would even Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn of the Tribal think of approaching. But he knew a lot of Police back into action. men who would. | was glad to hear it. One of those men, presumably, was an old The main character of Finding Moon, exâ€" army buddy of Moon‘s, who constantly urged Sergeant Malcolm (Moon) Mathias has a good _ Moon to find himself a woman like Osa. Moon deal in common with Joe Leaphorn. He is a big _ thinks about his old buddy a lot. He also thinks man, awkward in social situations, with an air about Osa a lot. of sadness about him. The biggest problem Moon faces in Southâ€" Moon carries around a pretty low selfâ€"«<onâ€" east Asia gets to be the reputation which his cept. He is quite sure that he has failed at brother has created for him. Everyone seems to everything in his life and that everyone expects . expect him to do miracles, even in the midst of him to go on failing. the chaos of the last days of the American army He faces a dilemma when his mother has a in Viet Nam. heart attack in the Los Angeles airport. He Each chapter in the book begins with a newsâ€" learns that she was on her way to Manila, to paper clipping detailing the daily atrocities and pick up the daughter of her younger son, Ricky. _ confusions. Events keep pushing Moon toward This little girl, his niece, was the daughter of a heroism which has nothing to do with his Ricky and a young Vietnamese woman, his image of himself. wife. The child‘s name is Lila, and she has been As I read this book, | kept thinking that this is left stranded in dangerous circumstances after _ someone‘s storyâ€"if not Hillerman‘s, someone‘s Ricky‘s death. that he knows well. There is a ring of biograâ€" Moon‘s mother is in the hospital, facing byâ€" phy about this book, which kept me reading it. pass surgery, and so the task of going to get the . | suspect that anyone who has ever been a solâ€" little girl falls to him. Quite convinced that his dier would find this a moving story. deal in common with Joe Leaphorn. He is a big man, awkward in social situations, with an air of sadness about him. Moon carries around a pretty low selfâ€"«<onâ€" cept. He is quite sure that he has failed at everything in his life and that everyone expects him to go on failing. He faces a dilemma when his mother has a heart attack in the Los Angeles airport. He learns that she was on her way to Manila, to pick up the daughter of her younger son, Ricky. This little girl, his niece, was the daughter of Ricky and a young Vietnamese woman, his wife. The child‘s name is Lila, and she has been left stranded in dangerous circumstances after Ricky‘s death. Moon‘s mother is in the hospital, facing byâ€" pass surgery, and so the task of going to get the little girl falls to him. Quite convinced that his mission is hopeless, and that anyway, he will make a mess of it, Moon leaves his pretty young bedâ€"mate and sets out for Manila. The Waterloo Potters‘ Workâ€" _ a.m. to 5 p.m. and Nov. 26 shop will hold its Fallâ€"Christâ€" from 12 to 4 p.m. mas sale at the Seagram The sale will feature quality Museum, Nov. 24 from 6 p.m. _ handbuilt and wheelthrown to 9 p.m., Nov. 25 from 10 pieces including lidded jars, Potters‘ Workshop holds Christmas sale The controlling board of local nonâ€" profit radio station CKWRâ€"FM will not allow an impartial mediator to facilitate its annual general meeting tomorrow night, despite requests from a group of members concerned with the direction of the station. The group of members requested the meeting be facilitated by a mediator after the controlling board refused to accept the legitimacy of an Oct. 25 members‘ meeting during which members voted to dissoive the board and elected a new board to manâ€" age the station. in a recent media release, the group stated that its legal counsel believes the Oct. 25 members‘ meeting was legal and CKWR meeting will not have mediator Judith Miller is Associate Professor of English at Renison College at University of Waterloo. biding and that in a court of law "a judge would rule in favor of the new board." Legal fees, however, estimated at $15,000, prevent the group from taking legal action. instead, the group has decided to attend the meeting scheduled tomorrow night by the controlling board and go through the election process again. Some of the Waterioo station‘s members have been at odds with the controlling board of directors for several months, conâ€" cerned with what they call compromised programming and lost freedom of speech. The station‘s annual membership meeting will be held Nov. 16 at 7:30.p.m. at the Polish Legion Hall, 601 Wellington St. in vases, plates, teapots, casseroles, masks, jewelry, plus raku and smoked fired pieces. Admission is free. No GST will be charged. tacted by the mysterious ently wants Moon to resâ€" cue the bones of his ancestors from the deseâ€" cration of the last days of the war in Viet Nam. # # # Foo Fighters oc OVER 200 TITLES HUNDREDS OF TITLES... 14 128 Efi; Does the IMPOSSIBLE...50,000 l@?ompact Discs...ALL ON SALE!! ‘ (ainks Y 3 ’ OQ QQ REMOTE â€" COOL FM n ie | > (t2. 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