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

dark emotional funny sad slow-paced

3.5

I read this book after a NYT writer said they would read a grocery list if it was written by Lorrie Moore. Not sure I would do so, but she is a good writer. The story meandered too much to really keep my attention. The secret revealed by the adoptive parents of the child Tassie nannies for was horrible. The look at racism is middle class white America was interesting. There was a lot to relate to but I would recommend this to others who aren't literary types, and I'm on the fence as to whether I'd recommend it to my literary-type friends.
Also, the cover art is weird. The book references a gate at the end of the stairs many times, but in context to the gate to the yard, and the baby gate at the top of the stairs, so the jetway stairs to nowhere seemed weird other than that this book didn't really go anywhere either.