Valerie S. (VolunteerVal) - reviewed on 5/15/2017 + 598 more book reviews

I enjoyed this coming-of-age novel, the author's most personal to date. The story is somewhat autobiographical; Ann Patchett stated, "The specific actions of the characters are not the same, but the emotions are. As my mother would say, âNone of it happened, and all of it is true.'â Patchett also said, "My father was dying as I was writing this novel. I knew he'd hate this book, but I knew I was writing it because he was never going to read it.â

Sections of this novel feel like linked short stories rather than a novel - not a bad thing but there's a few fairly abrupt leaps in time and central characters.

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