Books by Dana Spiotta
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review 1: This book tells the story of Denise, a forty-something divorced woman, and her older brother Nik, a musician and artist. Denise takes care of her mother, whose memory is declining. She also watches out for her brother, who hasn't really made much money, but who has put out a str...
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review 1: "I believe -- I know -- that photos have destroyed our memories. Every time we take a photograph, we forget to embed things in our minds, in our actual brain cells. The taking of the photograph gets us of the hook, in a way, from trying to remember. I'll take a photo so I can rem...
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review 1: Plunk. This book fell through my hands like a rock, but I kept trying to enjoy it, anyway. There was so much promise here: the narrator's fascinating, secluded, imaginary rock star of a brother, her preoccupations with aging and death, an onslaught of cable news infiltrating her ...