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Title: Exciting Debut Novel
Review: In The Collapsible World, Anne N. Marino gives us a unique voice to add to the "coming of age" genre. Lillie, at 24, finds that she has little control over her dysfunctional family, and in fact, little control over her own life. As Lillie struggles with her life's lessons, taking detours with alcohol, cigarettes and casual sex, she slowly learns what it is to be an adult, and just what it is adults do have control over. While the motif of invisiblility could have been brought out more, making it more "literary", it is still a highly accessible and enjoyable novel from this first time novelist. More than a "beach read" and less than high-brow literature, it is sure to envelop you in the underbelly of a young girl's San Francisco.
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