A review by norab23
Birds of America by Lorrie Moore

3.0

3.3 // A collection of quietly profound, beautifully written stories that cut to the core complexities of what it means to be human. At the same time, I alternatively referred to this as "The Book of Depressing Stories" because every single story was just so dang sad: infidelity, accidental infanticide (involuntary babyslaughter??), estranged siblings, decaying homes in every sense of both words, children with cancer... by the last two stories I was anxious to finish this book and return it to the library.