Bookverdict.com

Though billed as a novel, this book is very much a memoir. As the author seeks to come to terms with her mother Lucile's suicide, she interviews relatives in order to imagine Lucile's childhood in a large family touched by tragedies—the deaths of two siblings, another born with Down syndrome, and possible sexual abuse by their father. This part of the story is the most novelisti...Log In or Sign Up to Read More