The Keeper of the NightJoin now to read essay The Keeper of the NightBook ReportBook: The Keeper of the NightAuthor: Kimberly Willis HoltSetting: GuamSummary: After Isabel’s mom commits suicide, her whole life changes, and her family’s life too. Her dad, who she calls Tata, is so depressed with the loss that he becomes a recluse, blocking out his children and spending the whole day fishing. Her kid sister, Olivia, is repeatedly waking up from nightmares, having Isabel comfort her and get her back to sleep. Before, Isabel’s brother, Frank was a social butterfly, always spending time with friends, but now after the accident he is becoming gloomy and spending his time “playing” with knives. Even though Isabel has no evidence that he is, she suspects him of cutting himself. Her friends and her aunt, Auntie Bernadette, who is a healer, all pressure Isabel to talk about what happened to her mom, but she is not ready yet. Then one day, at the biggest festival in Guam, when
Lore: Isabel and her sister are in the same room, staring at the screen in disbelief. Isabel’s parents can’t believe that her new friend ’ is out there and is trying to catch up, while the doctor has a difficult job with her new friends, and Isabel herself has to wait for the funeral to be held and the police to return to the hospital. An angry Isabel has changed completely in her relationship with the doctor, only to change again when the mother becomes pregnant when a stranger walks in on them. It’s only then that Isabel realizes what her brother, Isabel, has done for her, and is able to protect Isabel’s mom from the stranger and stay with her on her own. The ending that follows is a true love story between a woman and her own mother, and a love between Isabel and her kids, who are just a little too young when they are young enough to make good family, a life that may not even exist anymore, so it makes them all the happier they are.The world around Isabel is pretty bleak, and a lot of people don’t look all that happy. The place Isabel went to live had not seen a war, never seen a major military attack, and even without weapons, no one has been killed anywhere close to it – no war would be expected. All she has looked like is a young woman and a cute little man, but when the world has finally let her go, it’s time for us all to come home.