
Stanley is mainly ignored throughout the novel, getting only one P.O.V. We've got a family of four: Avis, Brian and their two children Stanley and Felice. I could tell what kind of book this was going to be. As soon as I read it I heaved a big sigh. The above is the opening sentence of the novel. Oh, please! *rolls eyes* Spare me this kind of pseudo-philosophical garbage. chapter near th This book should be renamed: Morons Who Make Terrible Decisions.Ī cookie, Avis told her children, is a soul.


A cookie, Avis told her children, is a soul. This book should be renamed: Morons Who Make Terrible Decisions. After five years of scrounging for food, drugs, and shelter on Miami Beach, Felice is now turning eighteen, and she and the family she left behind must reckon with the consequences of her actions-and make life-affirming choices about what matters to them most, now and in the future.more "A full-course meal, a rich, complex and memorable story that will leave you lingering gratefully at table." -Ron Charles, Washington Post At thirteen, Felice Muir ran away from home to punish herself for some horrible thing she had done-leaving a hole in the hearts of her pastry-chef mother, her real estate attorney father, and her foodie-entrepreneurial brot "A full-course meal, a rich, complex and memorable story that will leave you lingering gratefully at table." -Ron Charles, Washington PostĪt thirteen, Felice Muir ran away from home to punish herself for some horrible thing she had done-leaving a hole in the hearts of her pastry-chef mother, her real estate attorney father, and her foodie-entrepreneurial brother.
