Anne Enright's The Gathering
I read this a few days ago and my memories are somewhat vague, but I'll give it a whirl. This Booker-prize-winning novel involves an Irish family coming together to mourn their dead brother. The narrator, a sister he was particularly close to, faces an identity crisis and also resurrects a family secret. I don't think I've read any of the other Booker nominees, so I can't definitively say this deserved to win, but it deals with those timeless themes of family and self in a pretty interesting way. A-.
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