The Roots of the Past Size:20" x 25" we meet beside the waters

we meet beside the waters of New York harbor

"This urban renewal effort

Just before The Times moved from its West 43rd Street headquarters to a new building two blocks away in 2007

animals move through the landscape

The Roots of the Past Size:20" x 25" we meet beside the watersThis surreal illustration by Nicole Natri captures the concepts of family and the deep roots of the past. It was published in The Times Book Review with an article on the novel The Past, January 22, 2016. The Past was Tessa Hadleys sixth novel and eighth book of fiction. Book reviewer Fernanda Eberstadt wrote, The point about the past, in Hadleys fiction, is that its always there to trip you up. Your parents (whether dead or alive), your siblings