I read this because it came up as "similar to The Virgin Suicides," an apt comparison if there ever was one. Unfortunately, this comparison also set a high bar to clear. -Very slow and meandering.-The author treats time in a way that does not lend itself to casual reading. I would recommend readi...
Of course the only two times she’d ever had sex she ended up pregnant. Because if sex wasn’t for pleasure, then it had to be for a cause. And babies must be her cause, like it or not. This, at least, is what she told herself. The second pregnancy was easier than the first....
Mark was next, followed by Tina. Maggie and Gerome took the rear. Maggie was surprised when they were led into a stairwell. She’d assumed they’d get a room on the main level. She was further surprised when Pete walked them not up the stairs, but down. She hadn’t realized—how could she have?—that ...
I wish people liked me more.Sometimes I steal gum at the grocery store.Sometimes at Starbucks I take someone else’s order, even though I’ve paid for my own.Sometimes in the middle of the day I go to the bathroom and undress completely and just stare at myself in the mirror. I always look differen...