Pat D. (pat0814) reviewed on 10/18/2014 + 379 more book reviews

I thought this book replayed the same theme over and over - the lonely life of a middle-aged schoolteacher with aspirations to be an artist who becomes fixated on all three members of a family. She shares an artists' studio with the family's mother, the son is in her third-grade class and the object of her affections, and the father is a one-time lover who easily forgets her. The ending is a surprise and yet shouldn't be since she was so frequently used, albeit willingly, by the family. Nora, the main character, is a study in sadness, and should have elicited my sympathy - that didn't happen. I was relieved to finish this book and surprised that I made it to the end.

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