Hinges upon Rosemary's sharp voice, which at its best includes funny, self-aware asides such as an early reference to a character at a holiday dinner where she flippantly advises the reader, "Don't get attached to him he's not really part of this story * LA Times *
Layered with a huge moral compass and enormous humanity, this portrait of a family one-fifth simian will, nevertheless, touch and delight every human * Boston Globe * Not only is the story fascinating, moving, and beautifully written, but also it ripples with humor its quirky characters include a puppet named Madame Defarge and a Seinfeldian assortment of apartment dwellers. It is anything but - Alice Seboldįowler has given us the gift of a splendid novel. A novel so readably juicy and surreptitiously smart, it deserves all the attention it can get - Barbara Kingsolver * New York Times Book Review *Ī dark cautionary tale hanging out, incognito-style, in what at first seems a traditional family narrative.
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