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Title: The Result of Literary Nepotism
Review: A friend gave me this as a present, and I'm wondering what exactly made him think I'd like this drivel. The fact that it's a poorly written soap opera? That it's full of clichés? That the one Latino character in the book is a poor Mexican who "in desperation" turns to a drug deal--and ends up in jail? That the mother in the book is a lousy one? (not that this is much of a surprise coming from an author who's made a career out of telling total strangers that if her four children died, she'd be OK; that her daughter was ugly when she was born; that her eight-year-old son thinks he's gay, etc.)Michael should be a nicer husband and help his wife with her books, since she can't write to save her life. Then again, if the author weren't Mrs. Michael Chabon, "Daughter's Keeper" would have never been published. I guess that's enough help there.
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