Niagara Falls All Over Again, (Paperback)

from alarra_c

This just happened to push all my story buttons - love and dysfunctional families, the thin to disappearing line between love and the closest partnerships/frienships, to name a few - and it was funny and amusing and yet broke my heart in several ways.

from miriamparker

A really beautiful and intricate (but not over-done) portrait of a man who was haunted by sadness, but performed comedy. This is one of my favorite juxtapositions.

from alanna1122

When I read McCracken's The Giant's House almost ten years ago I had two impressions: first - I remember being disturbed by some of the plot and second - I remember loving McCracken's writing. I have had this novel on my shelf for a couple of years now - waiting for the right mood to hit. When I ...

from alarra_c

This just happened to push all my story buttons - love and dysfunctional families, the thin to disappearing line between love and the closest partnerships/frienships, to name a few - and it was funny and amusing and yet broke my heart in several ways.

from bookczuk

Read this book while up in the mountains, and while I did like it, and the story captivated me while reading it, I'm hard-pressed to identify the elements of the book that actually captured me. Maybe the fact my father was a Vaudeville star? Maybe the elements of Jewish history in the early 20th ...