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Book Review of Missing Mom

Missing Mom
Missing Mom
Author: Joyce Carol Oates
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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I don't know why this didn't grab me. Maybe because the pain of loss didn't resonate with me - just that this woman started to bake bread and befriend people in need - like her mom!

Then we got a nice bow-tied story of her falling in love with the right (tm) guy, who wasn't smooth or sexy but was a good (tm) man. And you saw it coming for 300+ pages, but it only happened in the last ten - like, "oh, yeah, I still need to get them together."

In writing this review, I just decided to deduct another star.