Night Navigation is a novel in a trilogy about troubled families in upstate New York and how mental illness, drug addiction and suicide add to the challenges they must face and eventually overcome. Night Navigation is a powerful novel from an accomplished first novelist. Writing in the alternating voices of the mother, Del, and her 32 year old son Mark, Howard adds to reader involvement. I was pulled into the skillfully drawn maternal co-dependency, which is part of most mother-child relationships. Night Navigation by Ginnah Howard is a great book to tell others about. I enjoyed reading Night Navigation, with parts of it touching me deeply. I think it would be a wonderful book for a discussion group, due to the fact that certain parts of it may stand out to different readers.
Night Navigation, a novel by Ginnah Howard. Night Navigation, first published in , is the second novel of a trilogy. Each novel is written to stand alone. Book 3, Doing Time Outside was published in August, Book 1, Rope Bone, was released in July, Read an excerpt from Night Navigation . Audiobook available at bltadwin.ru Night Navigation by Ginnah Howard. Members: Reviews: Popularity: Average rating: Conversations: 1: , () None: Night Navigation opens on a freezing-rain night in upstate New York: the kindling gone, the fire in the woodstove out. Del's thirty-seven-year-old manic-depressive son needs a ride, but she's afraid to make the long drive. Told in multiple points of view, we see the world through the eyes of each of the characters. Howard's take on the perils and pleasures of loving rings true. Each of the novels is written to stand alone. Book 1. Rope Bone. Purchase at bltadwin.ru Published by Illume Publications. Book 2. Night Navigation. Purchase at bltadwin.ru 1st Edition.
Through the four seasons, Night Navigation takes us into the deranged, darkly humorous world of the addict–from break-your-arm dealers, to boot-camp rehabs, to Rumi-quoting NA sponsors. Al-Anon tells Del to “let go”; NAMI tells her to “hang on.”. Night Navigation. Ginnah Howard. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, - Fiction - pages. 1 Review. by Ginnah Howard 1. A central paradox in Night Navigation is summed up in the quote “Al-Anon tells Del to ‘let go’ and NAMI [the National Alliance on Mental Illness] tells her to ‘hang on.’”.
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