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Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan
4.0

I enjoyed this quite a lot. I think coming from a big Catholic family with lots of women who are of an age with the main characters really helped this come together for me. Much of it seemed very, very real.

Alice, the matriarch of the Kellehar family is really a rotten old apple. Sure, she has some demons, but is seems like she's been rotten since the beginning. Her husband seems almost too perfect and I am still not sure if we're supposed to believe that she loved him or that she just tolerated him in order to get to heaven.

I liked the ambiguous ending to the book, too.

I want a follow up where were learn more about all the screwed up men in the family!