Christopher Buckley pens a bittersweet memoir of his celebrated but formidable mom and dad. ... the okay to remove his mother from life support, his father having been too frail and ... I didn't want any anger left between us. ... Buckley wasn't speaking to his mother at the time, and when told about it, he was ...
I'm not sure about number 1. Maybe: It was the happiest event. 2. The judge cautiously handed down her decision. 3. Mr. Majors was pressed hard to find an answer.
Okonkwo doesn't truly change during the novel. As others in the village drift toward the church during his banishment, he is in his mother's land working to get back to where and how he was.