You Should Read
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You Should Read 2 A.M. AT THE CAT’S PAJAMAS by Marie-Helene Bertino
But it’s not just Madeleine who’s got the moves in 2 A.M. at the Cat’s Pajamas. Marie-Helene Bertino’s entire novel shimmies. It romps. At times, it even levitates.
You Should Read FOSTER
My daughters are near the narrator’s age and when they have outbursts, either happy or sad, I think of Keegan’s apt depiction of the confusion of growing up.