That is to say, he is an expert, and his area of study is nothing, and he does nothing about it.

(Wala, he explains, means 'nothing' in Tagalog, and Kitu is Swahili for 'nothing.') He is an expert on nothing. The protagonist of Percival Everett's puckish new novel is a brilliant professor of mathematics who goes by Wala Kitu. He answers, Weve had the occasional breakfast together or dinner in our rooms that is ordinary.Īnd between breakfast and dinner? Celia asks.Īll hell breaks loose. When she settles into her new home she finds one hundred six children, nine puppies, a serial bomber, numerous rioters, a snitch, a slave trader, a passion for football, a plethora of helicopters and a host of characters to keep things lively.Īt one point Celia asks Jake if their lives will ever be ordinary. Celia leaves her home to escape her life and family and to be with Jake. When Celia is finally free for a week to visit Jakes country, he seduces her into bringing her senile husband and moving to his country by introducing her to the plight of the children orphaned by the recent economic crash. After the initial awkwardness of their first meeting Jake and Celia find that they have much in common including a mutual physical attraction. The story opens when President Jake makes a special stop in Victoria BC to visit Celia.

What Celia fails to realize is that her web site on caring for dementia patients has come to the attention of President Jake. She is beginning to think that her life of caring for others is destroying her body and soul.

She was a caregiver long began long before her husband became ill as she raised his son with multiple disabilities. She knows she is exhausted from taking care of others. She has become a hostage in her own home as she cares for a husband with dementia. Everything he says in private, every random thought or jest gets blown out of proportion and reported to the worst of the opposition press.Ĭelia Louise Jones-McKinsey is an ex-schoolteacher. Problems with rioters and terrorism are epidemic in his country extending even into his own household. He and his party are working to bring rule of law, human rights and economic stability to a country formerly run on a system of extortion, exploitation, bribes and gang warfare. Summary President Jake Jaconovich is the second president elected under the new constitution of an emerging nation. But please don't worry, you still have more than 500,000 other books you can enjoy! Lies That Bind Delinda McCann We are sorry! The publisher (or author) gave us the instruction to take down this book from our catalog.

Lies That Bind by Delinda McCann