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The Good House
by Ann Leary
I don't know where I heard about this book, but I ended up really enjoying it. Other than my initial confusion of where it took place--I thought we were in Wendover, Utah/NV, which just didn't quite make sense.
Hildy Good is from a long-time Wendover family, and is the area's top relator. Or, at least, she was, and thinks she still should be. She is also a functioning alcoholic (more or less), and an unreliable narrator. A bit of a mystery, and because of the narration style, much is a mystery that really isn't. See the spoiler.
A bit of a spoiler about why I loved the writing:
Hildy is the narrator, and as she goes from sober to drunk, her narration style changes. Her self-doubt turns to pride and happiness. And then the next day to confusion over what was real, what was dreamed, what she can't remember. We learn what actually happened and what she said and did just as she does. Which adds mystery to the mystery and mystery where there isn't a mystery.
Hildy Good is from a long-time Wendover family, and is the area's top relator. Or, at least, she was, and thinks she still should be. She is also a functioning alcoholic (more or less), and an unreliable narrator. A bit of a mystery, and because of the narration style, much is a mystery that really isn't. See the spoiler.
A bit of a spoiler about why I loved the writing: