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Title: disappointing
Review: Although the author is well read and this was an Oprah pick for her book club, I found the book disappointing. It's tedious to read, and many "facts" are wrong. The characters were very weak - I could not feel sorry for them. The mother and father were very ineffective as parents and in their own little world, especially the mother. The father banished the daughter after the rape as if it was her fault. The daughter as the victim was also in her own little world and not someone you'd expect to act like she did when sexually assaulted.I found the the book left a lot of unanswered questions. Fans of Joyce Carol Oates may like the book although I doubt it, but I could not recommend it for the general reader.
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