Family Ties Summary
Clarice Lispector

Family Ties Summary

"Family Ties" is the title story of Clarice Lispector's Lacos de Familia (Family Ties ). A play on the word "ties" suggests the tension of the story, between the ties that connect and the ties that bind one to family members. Like many of the other stories in the collection, "Family Ties" concerns men and women who, when faced with a moment of epiphany in their relations with others, tragically choose not to communicate...

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