Beyond "quirky", but not quite bizarre. A realistic farce, perhaps? I dunno, but I really enjoyed it. Fascinating structure: alternating present/past chapters, with the past catching up by the end of the story.

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Gert is trying to live her life while coming to terms with her past. She realizes that she had buried herself (archeologist humor, wink-wink) in her work as a way of coping with her traumatic childhood. She has obviously suffered from mental illness, as did her mother and twin- a boy genius. A fasinating look at a dysfuntional family trying to cope with mental illness in an age where there was little to do about it. Wild twist at the end that is perfect.

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