We Were the Mulvaneys

This is one of things I do to fill up my free time. East Lansing Public Library offers wide variety of books that we can borrow. Just finished reading this book. In the main, I like it. I think Oates is a genius writer, describing punctiliously every part of the story. I dont know how she is able to do this. Sometimes I got lost inside the story because I can`t make a bridge between my limited vocabulary and Oates's GRE-word-usage tendency, but in overall I can catch the meaning of it.

If you are an avid reader, I recommend you to read this book. It tells us about how family values can easily be shattered by overmuch pride. It takes years and life to put the shattered parts together again. How sad...

If you are looking for fun reading, stay away from this one. This book`s emotional influence brings sad wonder because in my case, I`m a little bit disappointed reading the end part. After long meandering story exposed, Oates gives so little in the end part. Or... maybe that`s what she intended it to be.