claire messud's the last life
this is kind of a heady novel, centering on a 14 year old french girl with an american mother, a family with ties to algeria, and a disabled younder brother. her more-or-less normal adolescence is interrupted by her grandfather firing a gun, and in the aftermath her family life begins to spiral out of control.
in other news, i've seen a couple omvies recently, monster house (cute) and talladega nights (awesome silly fun, and i especially loved sacha baron cohen, though i wished for more amy adams).
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