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Title: Brilliant first novel
Review: Sure, it's a bit too long. But it's brilliantly done -- precision prose, a raw naked dive into her character's emotions at the moment she suffers a near-psychotic break when her brother suicides. Part way through I thought the subtitle should be "How I Became a Control Freak." Perhaps the people who don't love this book had perfect childhoods, weren't Ugly Chicks, didn't dream of a Fairy Godmother. It's a great story with wildly imaginative detail, and she writes poetic prose. I'll be reading everything else she writes.
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