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Title: At times, funny, but I skipped some
Review: I lived in Northampton, Mass., once where this memoir is set. Often, I saw Finch, the crazy psychiatrist dressed like Santa Claus strolling downtown. I enjoyed the local mentions sprinkled throughout this youth memoir of a highly dysfunctional family. There were several or more chapters that I thought were tedious and I simply skimmed them. But there are others that are quite humorous. The author has a nicely ironic style.
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