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Title: Huh?
Review: I WANTED to like this book, because I'm from Minnesota and want to support Minnesota writers, but I had to force myself to finish it. The plot, for me, was completely contrived--more like a plot outline than a fully realized book. The characters struck me as hollow, superficial, and cliched, down from the Norwegian grandmother's constant outbursts of "Uff-da!" to Harriet's plunge, after a single night at a bar, into alcoholism, destitution, and prostitution(!) If the book were funnier, it could qualify as satire, perhaps, and one could forgive the author for her shallow writing and paint-by-numbers characters. The fact the one is apparently meant to take it seriously is worrisome. I don't like to give an author a bad review but there are so many much more masterfully written books out there that don't get the coverage and attention this book did, and I find that unfortunate.
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