A little vacation reading. An engaging (so far anyway--it's long!) reflection on life and work.

I know what's happening is real, but I do keep expecting her to call.

I know what's happening is real, but I do keep expecting her to call.

"She had cried on the R train once while reading of the rasp of butterfly teeth."

A fun read. I give it extra points for being a straight, linear narrative told from a single point of view. I have nothing against the multi-narrator, time-hopping novels that seem to be everywhere--that works a lot of the time. But it was refreshing to read a good story that doesn't do that.

Sailed through this--compelling and smart.

Part of my haul from Independent Bookstore Day. Loved it. Spare and lovely.