Comments on: Microreview: Delicate Edible Birds http://openlettersmonthly.com/blog/book-revie-delicate-edible-birds/ The Open Letters Monthly Blog Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:55:40 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: priscilla http://openlettersmonthly.com/blog/book-revie-delicate-edible-birds/comment-page-1/#comment-698 priscilla Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:56:52 +0000 http://openlettersmonthly.com/blog/?p=611#comment-698 Wonderful review! I just finished this and recorded my thoughts as well. A reader friend pointed me to your post, and she said I would be nodding my head along with it...yes! Majorette was also my favorite story in the collection, because I loved the parallel with her mother, as you mention, but also just how unassuming her life and story are. The smallest changes make the biggest difference. About the men, I wondered if Groff wasn't handling them almost as fairy tale characters. I need to read the book again, I think, because I do believe she's layered these stories so exquisitely. I keep thinking, what did I miss? Wonderful review! I just finished this and recorded my thoughts as well. A reader friend pointed me to your post, and she said I would be nodding my head along with it…yes!

Majorette was also my favorite story in the collection, because I loved the parallel with her mother, as you mention, but also just how unassuming her life and story are. The smallest changes make the biggest difference.

About the men, I wondered if Groff wasn’t handling them almost as fairy tale characters. I need to read the book again, I think, because I do believe she’s layered these stories so exquisitely. I keep thinking, what did I miss?

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