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Reviewed by Donna Stevenson for Readers' Favorite
The White Light Bends by Tiffany Blaine tells the story of four generations of women and their struggles to manage their relationships with others and accept past mistakes. Ruby, the matriarch, suffers from dementia, and her daughter-in-law, Margaret, tries to maintain a relationship with her mother-in-law without upsetting her or worsening her emotional outbursts. Margaret’s daughters, Sydnie and Julia, struggle to manage their married lives while questioning how the years have shaped their current situation and the frustration that comes with aging and the loss of youth. Their daughters, Dahlia, Ariel, and Kelly, face identity issues and worry about what others will think of them.
Tiffany Blaine’s Where The White Light Bends has a wonderfully unique writing style and a colorful vocabulary. The phrasing she uses to describe her characters’ emotional angst, such as 'wishing she could drain her emotions,’ is evocative and memorable. Her descriptions of the characters’ thoughts and feelings let me experience their emotions more directly. The Civil women have much to feel proud of professionally, but the pending family dinner party has them questioning their life decisions and their relationships with each other. Then tragedy hits, and they must find a way to reconnect with each other, rebuild their self-confidence, and love themselves once again. Blaine uses the family dinner party to weave their stories together, and I found myself both annoyed and entertained by each of their perceived weaknesses while still hoping they would work through these issues and become women of substance once again.
