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Book Review of Liner Notes

Liner Notes
Liner Notes
Author: Emily Franklin
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 1


Kind of a memoir-as-novel, built around a cross-country road trip in which a mother and adult daughter redefine their relationship via a collection of mix tapes defining different periods in the daughter's life. It's an interesting device, but an ultimately limiting one, as the symbolism of the various tapes will be unclear to anyone not familiar with the artists and titles. There's a rich portrait of the evolution of a family here, but Franklin loses points for a predictable, even sappy, ending.