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My Sister, My Love by Joyce Carol Oates |
Inspired by the true murder of a six-year-old 'beauty queen', this book is a fierce indictment of a certain kind of American obsession with fame. Nineteen-year-old narrator, Skyler, is a disappointment to his social-climbing parents while his figure-skating champion little sister - murdered at six - is adoringly exploited to promote their mother's ambitions. Skyler's account of his tormented ten years of rejection while his parents feast off their notoriety is as dysfunctional as his family, but crazily engaging.
(Annabel Bedini - bwl 95 Winter 2019 ) |
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