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Though I now think on this book fondly, I've had my set of struggles in remembering that it felt too clever, too rube goldberg, too much. It wasn't the narrative--which was beautiful, telling, honest, and deconstructed--but the use of text on the cover and inside pages that tipped me off. Trying too hard. That said, the story is about powerful beauty and family.