"Francine Prose uses her language as a scalpel to dissect the world of pretense, privilege, and bombast. She writes wonderfully and her dialogue is the about the best in the business," wrote reviewer Stephen Dobyns.
This is a book of barbaric rituals of a modern-day New York family, as viewed by their young Haitian au pair. She becomes entangled in a web of deception, delusion, and ultimately, grim discovery. Rosemary is a neurotic mom, newly estranged from her philandering husband. The children have retreated into their own secretive, morbid universe.
It is a razor-sharp reflection of American family behavior. I hope no family you know.
I was facinated and disturbed by these people.
This is a book of barbaric rituals of a modern-day New York family, as viewed by their young Haitian au pair. She becomes entangled in a web of deception, delusion, and ultimately, grim discovery. Rosemary is a neurotic mom, newly estranged from her philandering husband. The children have retreated into their own secretive, morbid universe.
It is a razor-sharp reflection of American family behavior. I hope no family you know.
I was facinated and disturbed by these people.
