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Life is not a series of isolated ponds and puddles; life is a river. Only in the most literal sense are we born on the day we leave our mother's womb. In the larger, truer sense, we are born of the past - connected to its fluidity, both genetically and experient ....

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.... individuality. portrays three women from different generations and shows how similar they are. The women are strong and passionate about their causes; they are bound together through generations of going . They leave their surrounding environments in an inner search for peace, compassion, beauty and love. Each woman connects to the other through her uncontrollable passions. The women in the novel are connected throughout each generation by their experiences of the past and present. The women, in the novel , are connected by their experiences of being . They are connected genetically. Mary is Eileen's mother and Eileen is Esther's grandmot ....