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Book Review of Family Album: A Novel

Family Album: A Novel
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This novel had a very unique writing style. It was written almost entirely in present tense, even for events that occurred 10+ years in the past, and some characters had long soliloquies to move the story along. The last portion of the book is written in the form of email messages between the characters. I applaud the narrator who was very effective in her use of various voices for the many characters (6 children, 2 (or 3?) parents, etc.