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Jami Attenberg - The Middlesteins
Released: 07/02/2013
Serpent's Tail
In Attenberg's debut, The Kept Man, a woman watches over her husband's bedside. In this (a ‘must-read' for Kirkus and The Millions), Richard leaves diabetic wife Edie to it after 30 years together. While he plunges into online dating, their children make a cack-handed attempt to divorce Edie from her first-love - food. But is that what larger-than-life Edie wants?
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The Independent“These flawed, strong and fragile people come to matter to us deeply...” The Middlesteins has a perfectly pitched narrative voice - a way with loaded phrases and a know-it-all wit that that can be pointed, playful or devastating...
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New York Times“Largely brilliant...” As we trace the increase in Edie's weight, her own narrative gains richness and complexity. The burning question, which Attenberg explores with sensitivity, is why Edie has embarked on her self-destructive path. Sometimes depth is sacrificed...
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Time Out New York“A small symphony of discontent, perseverance and hope...” It hits impressive emotional notes in a short span. And despite the small stakes of the dramas, we care deeply about these characters. Attenberg turns the everyday material of life—its obstacles, sickness, rotten luck—into a miniature odyssey...
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Publishers Weekly“Wonderfully messy...” Attenberg makes her characters’ thoughts—Richard and Benny in particular—seem utterly real, and her wry, observational humor often hits sideways rather than head-on...
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