Rebecca Kauffman's Chorus
Kauffman is great and these big ensemble books, so no surprise that her latest, about a large Virginia farming family in the first half of the twentieth century, shines. The story bounces back and forth in time and each of the seven children and their father have assorted POV sections (I did get confused about the chronology a few times but it wasn’t really relevant to the meat of the story), kind of moving toward and away from the suicide of their mother. I got Jane Smiley vibes from this (particularly her Hundred Years trilogy). Really strong writing here, though I did wish for more character development from a few of the siblings. Still, excellent stuff. A/A-.
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