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

4.0

This may sound trite, but overall this is the story of a young woman learning about the different kinds of love you can experience. The main action of the book focuses on her experiences as a nanny for a family in the town where she goes to college, but we also see her at home with her family, and a little bit at college. I enjoyed this -- it was a lovely, lyrical read, with a timeless feel to it. I'm not sure if it was the naivete of the main character, or if it was something else, but I kept forgetting that it was set in present times. I'd read along and hit a reference to the internet or a cell phone, and be surprised that we weren't in the 60's. I will definitely be checking out some of Moore's other work.