A review by soavezefiretto
Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann

4.0

It somehow seems in tune with this book that my review should consist mainly of the fact that I enjoyed it very much, but my enjoyment was marred by the thought that it was taking me too long to read it and that was keeping me from reading other books and probably would mean I couldn't accomplish my reading goal for the year. I loved the whole family (especially Leo and Stacy, of course), felt compassion about the protagonist and first person narrator, and even came to like the passages about the cougar so much that I looked forward to them and was sorry when they ended - and I *never* like any kind of literature about animals. Recommended if you like long books and are worried about the state of the world.