Title: Couldn't Put It Down
Product review: I just did a 24 hour turn around of "Our Kind" by Kate Walbert. I was interested in checking her out because her new book, "A Short History of Women", got such a glowing review in the NYT Book Review a couple of weeks ago. It's about a group of 70 somethings looking back on their lives as mothers/wives in the 1950's and 60's, but also, about their current lives. As you get clearer on the backstories of the characters - what they did in their younger years and how the choices they made effect their lives now - it really starts to come together very powerfully. Not all of the characters receive the same back story treatment, so I was left wondering about some of them, and wished there was more. You have to drop some of your stylistic conventions when reading and just go with the flow - there are images that take your breath away, and an undercurrent of disturbance that is not comforting, but well worth the effort.
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