Improvement

Reyna knows her relationship with Boyd isn`t perfect, yet as she visits him throughout his three-month stint in prison, their bond grows tighter. Kiki, now settled in New York after a journey that took her to Turkey and around the world, admires her niece`s spirit but worries that she always picks the wrong man. Little does she know that the otherwise honourable Boyd is pulling Reyna into a scheme which violates his probation. When Reyna ultimately decides to remove herself for the sake of her four-year-old child, her small act of resistance sets into motion a tapestry of events that affect the lives of loved ones and strangers around them. A novel that examines conviction, connection and the possibility of generosity in the face of loss, Improvement is as intricately woven together as Kiki`s beloved Turkish rugs and as colourful as the tattoos decorating Reyna`s body, with narrative twists and turns as surprising and unexpected as the lives all around us. The Boston Globe says of Joan Silber`No other writer can make a few small decisions ripple across the globe, and across time, with more subtlety and power.`Improvement is Silber`s most shining achievement yet.