The Misfortune of Marion Palm

Marion reminded me of a duller, more cunning version of Bernadette (Where'd You Go,Bernadette?). I found myself dotingly despising all the characters in this book, and for that, I found it refreshing. Culliton makes no drawn-out attempts to convince readers how to feel about her characters. She describes their actions and feelings as their truth and gives the reader authority to form an opinion. Again, refreshing.

The Misfortune paints a bleak, but real picture of how our individual nurturing (financial and emotional) surface and subconsciously unravel us.