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A Gate at the Stairs
by Lorrie Moore
I'm pretty sure that in the latest revision of the 1001 Books List they had some kind of clause that meant you could only add books about young people finding themselves at university. This time we had Tassie Keltjin, a midwestern farm girl, who travels to the more cosmopolitan middle class city of Troy to go to university. She makes few friends, and takes a job as a nanny for a glamorous older couple. As her life starts to pull towards the bright lights and brioche, a series of events sends her into a tumble that only her family can get her out of.
A Gate at the Stairs is rather beautifully written, and I felt for Tassie, although not for her strange employers and even stranger boyfriend. I wasn't convinced of his place in the story at all. The rest though, is sound and moving, and well worth a read.
A Gate at the Stairs is rather beautifully written, and I felt for Tassie, although not for her strange employers and even stranger boyfriend. I wasn't convinced of his place in the story at all. The rest though, is sound and moving, and well worth a read.