I really struggled to rate this book. While I really liked this author’s writing — it was almost hypnotic in its poetry — I didn’t find myself particularly drawn to many of the stories individually. I even read several more than once to try and get a deeper handle on what she was saying, but I fear many of these stories will not stay with me very long. I’m finding most of them difficult to remember even the day after finishing this collection.
Out of all the stories, I found Mourners to be one of the few I think I liked. Perhaps, the title story as well. These two stories are about the absent mother — although they are different in how the mothers were absent, physically v. emotionally. However, while I know the author is going for deeper meaning, I just couldn’t get there myself.
Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley and Algonquin Books in exchange for my honest review. It has not influenced my opinion.