Model Home : A Novel (Paperback)

from GCPLreader

'You've got your whole life ahead of you, people liked to say. In truth there was not much time, a blip, and most of what you did was a mistake. You were lucky to find a safe and proper home.' The Zillers struggle to hold onto their home in SoCal after the father makes a shady real estate investm...

from ChristopherSwann

A quirky and astonishing novel, equal parts melancholy and humorous. I found myself comparing it to Jonathan Evison's All About Lulu--the 80s California setting, the offbeat characters and events, the occasionally heart-breaking prose struck similar chords. What Puchner does within these paramete...

from ForeignCircus

I thought this story of the American Dream gone horribly awry would have a wry humor, but instead it was just overwhelmingly depressing. Everything bad that could happen to this family did, and there was little joy to redeem the story. The book was well-written and the characters rang true, but r...

from Rdra1962

I did not enjoy reading this book, and was very relieved to finish it and move on. Although the author can write, the book was a slog with one miserable character after another making the wrong decisions, leading to grim consequences. Unlike Olive Kitteridge, where superb writing celebrated a hat...

from ChrisWeir

Kind of a mixed review on this one. The start is good family dysfunction of a family living in what we would now call a McMansion in Southern California. Thought the book would be a bit of nostalgia. It however takes a turn with the 2nd part of the book. At that point after a great family tragedy...