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Raraou is 60, a washed-up actress scraping a living in Athens, her cheery demeanour belying an existence that struggles with loneliness and memories of a tragic life that at times threatens to overwhelms her. For Raraou was a spirited young girl when her home town of Greece was occupied by the Germans during the war.
Sometimes it feels as though there is no bottom to Shaw's 720-page graphic novel examining the effects of divorce on a family. After 40-something years of marriage, David and Maggie Loony have decided they simply don't love each other any longer. The core of the family is splitting, and even a few days at their menacing beach house can't set things right. The decision sends the three adult children into a period of examination.



