A review by goneabroad71
Hieroglyphics by Jill McCorkle

3.0

This book has a lot going for it. I love the way the author explores the ups and downs of a five decade marriage. I appreciated the themes of memory, and of the ways that the fates of our parents shape us throughout our lives. But...the book was just too scattered for me. The Shelley/Harvey narrative had only the most tenuous tie to the Frank/Lil narrative. Neither story had much of a plot, and the Shelley storyline in particular just didn’t go anywhere. I would definitely try another book by this author, but this one didn’t quite hit the mark for me.