Super Short! Very good, with extremely lucid descriptions of things, and a bright, sharp accuracy in describing the rush of feelings the main character experiences. Kidd ties the two plots, the main character's affair, and the mystery of her mother's mutilation of her own hand together very well. The perspective shifts occasionally to a couple other characters besides the main character's, which I felt to be a bit clumsy on Kidd's part. If she was going to incorporate other perspectives, she should have done so more consistently, not intermittently. It seemed just that she couldn't get certain things across without resorting to letting them say it for themselves. psha.
Otherwise, a very tight, captivating book that despite its depressing subject matter manages to leave you feeling buoyant, and avoids making the ending a sugary-sweet piece of bullshit about forgiveness and redemption.
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