A.M. Homes’ novel May We Be Forgiven starts exactly the way you want a novel by A.M. Homes to start: Harry Silver is helping his sister-in-law Jane clean up after Thanksgiving dinner at his blowhard, TV…
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The End of Alice
Sometimes, artists compensate for a lack of something by going straight for the jugular with a toxic dose of shocking value — the idea being, I guess, that if they choose that route, you won?t…
The Safety of Objects
A.M. Homes seems to have assembled the stories in The Safety of Objects with an eye toward pushing the envelope. Sometimes, she pushes that envelope too far, but she does so in the interest of…
The Best Books Amy Read in 2009
My list is not that original, you may find many of these books on other best of lists for 2009, but hopefully that’s because they are good books. I’m behind the times with two of…
Shock treatment
I’ll say one thing for A.M. Homes: She is one brave writer. The End of Alice stars an imprisoned pedophile who has become pen pals with a nineteen-year-old woman who is dabbling in a similar…
Self-Discovery Heartbreak
Imagine this: You are adopted. At 31, you find out your biological mother is looking for you. You meet her and she is a loony. The Mistress’s Daughter is A.M. Homes’ story. I won’t even…