The story begins with a suicide, ends with a murder and holds a richand beautiful story inbetween the two. McDermott applies all the senses in her writing, from the foul smells of illness, to sounds of rustling clothing to the sight of apple peelings left in a bowl. This is one writer that can tell the simplest of events and hold your attention to the very end. She is a master in the craft of writing.
Partly told by a voice from the future who drops tantalizing hints about what’s to come—for example, a marriage between the occupants of the baby carriages—this novel reveals its ideas about love and morality through the history of three generations, finding them in their kitchens, sickbeds, train compartments, love nests, and basement laundry rooms.
Can't wait for her next novel!