We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, Karen Joy Fowler (4)
I am not going to write much about this novel. I believe
it is best enjoyed as events unfold in front of you. Basically a woman discusses
her family history up to present day from various points along her life. She
starts her story in her college years. You can tell she has suppressed
something about her family (e.g. no one knows she has a sister or brother, all
we know is that she hasn’t seen them for years), but the ‘what’ and ‘why’ are
not clear. As her story unfolds, it is touching and sad but has enough humor
and quirkiness to keep it from being maudlin.
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