This was really a very good book.
The story of the family of a famous artist that spent her life amidst the blurred line between genius and madness. Each chapter began with a critical review of one of her works and how […]

Still, the inadvertently fertilized blob of embryonic tissue had survived to grow into a brilliant and consumed little person with dignity, humor, and frequently poor judgment.
The writing style seemed awkward and frank, in a way that fit the characters perfectly.  There was a realness to the voice, in the way the description and conversation […]

I remember liking it, and liking the literary references within the story.  I liked the themes within the novel as well.
But I can’t remember it well enough to give it a proper review.

From Powells:
A haunting, heart-rending first novel by an award-winning writer that speaks to the difficulties of forging an identity in a world of different cultures–and to the complexities of familial and sexual love.
This sums up the novel rather well. It was an intriguing narrative that I had to keep reminding myself was fiction. […]

The story of Rennie, a young journalist who seeks escape when she goes off to a small island in the Caribbean to write a travel piece. She’s just gone through a break-up and a surgery that took a piece of her body, but left her cancer free. Instead of peace, she finds political […]