True North

I have to say I really loved this book. It feels a lot like a Coen brothers movie or a Twilight Zone episode. The characters are really well written so that even for a short read, I feel like I can picture them all perfectly. Colleen is my favorite. I laughed out loud several times. The dialogue feels real and I love the author's descriptive style.

One of my favorite lines: “Empty plastic lawn chairs were scattered about the property, some of them clustered together and surrounded by discarded cigarette butts and half-empty beer cans, as if the occupants had been raptured mid-party.”

I like how there's not a pretty little bow tied up by the end. Life isn't like that, and I think this story does a fantastic job of showing how everyone is always on their own journey, doing their best from womb to grave.