Helpful Score: 1
While not one of Moriarity's best, this is still a satisfying read, following the Kettle triplets through their 33rd year, full of conflict and change.
The book opens at a birthday celebration in a restaurant which ends with two of the three hospital bound, after a bitter argument turns physical. Onlookers give their descriptions of the encounter, an odd technique Moriarity uses throughout the book, stepping back to allow random people to provide their impressions of these three striking siblings at different points in their life.
Things do tend to get a little soapy here, as one sister discovers her husband's adultery and loses a longed-for baby in essentially the same chapter. The trio's long-divorced parents also make a huge change in their relationship, and some bed-hopping occurs offstage and prior to the novel's time frame.
Don't expect any great revelations, and if you can discover the symbolism of the title, do please share.
The book opens at a birthday celebration in a restaurant which ends with two of the three hospital bound, after a bitter argument turns physical. Onlookers give their descriptions of the encounter, an odd technique Moriarity uses throughout the book, stepping back to allow random people to provide their impressions of these three striking siblings at different points in their life.
Things do tend to get a little soapy here, as one sister discovers her husband's adultery and loses a longed-for baby in essentially the same chapter. The trio's long-divorced parents also make a huge change in their relationship, and some bed-hopping occurs offstage and prior to the novel's time frame.
Don't expect any great revelations, and if you can discover the symbolism of the title, do please share.
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