I finished Signal Fires a few month ago and it's still in my head. I loved the way Shapiro tells us about the Wilfs' happy (despite it all) marriage through the lens of Ben Wilf's grief. I loved the way she captured the brittle, heartrending feeling of being a broken person trying to parent other broken, beloved people through all the brokenness. I loved the way she honored and respected the perspective of the young, precocious, mistreated Waldo by keeping the POV almost entirely his, and when it wasn't his she didn't give Shenkman any breaks. I loved the subtle subversiveness of Shapiro not-so-gently suggesting that time doesn't really heal wounds, just scars them over to varying degrees. I loved the whole thing. Even the ending.
Please, recognize Mitchell’s and Bookworks in NANTUCKET. These stores serve men in newly purchased Nantucket reds and women with too many diamonds in their Cartier watches all looking for beach reads! Look there for a stack of Elin ‘s books! However, a lovely and very wise salesperson in Mitchell’s told this “never a beach read” reader to buy Trust! Is she now on the Pulitzer Committee?
I recommend Inside Story by Amis.
Seconded! And "The Rub of Time" as an excellent, compelling romp through Amis' remarkable brain.
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I finished Signal Fires a few month ago and it's still in my head. I loved the way Shapiro tells us about the Wilfs' happy (despite it all) marriage through the lens of Ben Wilf's grief. I loved the way she captured the brittle, heartrending feeling of being a broken person trying to parent other broken, beloved people through all the brokenness. I loved the way she honored and respected the perspective of the young, precocious, mistreated Waldo by keeping the POV almost entirely his, and when it wasn't his she didn't give Shenkman any breaks. I loved the subtle subversiveness of Shapiro not-so-gently suggesting that time doesn't really heal wounds, just scars them over to varying degrees. I loved the whole thing. Even the ending.
Ugh, why do you encapsulate everything so perfectly in a few sentences? Can I be you when I grow up?
<blushing> Only if I can be you when I grow up!
Please, recognize Mitchell’s and Bookworks in NANTUCKET. These stores serve men in newly purchased Nantucket reds and women with too many diamonds in their Cartier watches all looking for beach reads! Look there for a stack of Elin ‘s books! However, a lovely and very wise salesperson in Mitchell’s told this “never a beach read” reader to buy Trust! Is she now on the Pulitzer Committee?
Do all roads to the Pulitzer lead through Mitchell’s?!?