book 5

a family daughter, maile meloy
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awesome, awesome book. i'm so glad i stopped in the middle to read the earlier one, though. so, this book is also about the santerre family, but the REAL santerre family. a young member of the family, abby, decides to write a novel based on her family's history. the novel that she writes is meloy's liars and saints. confusing? it doesn't really seem like it when you're reading. it was interesting to find out what was "true" about the santerres, and what was "fiction." as someone who has written fiction and memoir, i found this to be particularly interesting, though it really made me a little sad that i don't have time to hunker down and work on writing that novel i've put on hold since last year. but maybe someday. also, maybe i'll be like abby and name all of the characters in my novel after my real family members and really throw them for a loop.