A review by joriel
A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore

3.0

Beautiful writing, but I was very conscious that Moore is older and more academic than in her earlier work. I kept thinking of Joyce Carol Oates. Darker perspective too, like JCO. All about coming of age, seeing complexity, learning how precarious and fraught life can be. More depressing than I expected, but the characters will linger with me.