The Red Car by Marcy Dermansky

I'm not sure where I heard about/read about this little book, but I am sure glad that I learned about it. It was a short, little book, perfect after having just finished  The Nix.  I needed something short and sweet, but I am not sure that you can call The Red Car sweet. It packs a punch in those short 206 pages.  Here's a quote from Daniel Handler in the NY Times Book Review that says it well:

I slammed down “The Red Car,” Marcy Dermansky’s sharp and fiery new novel, in tense fits and jumpy starts, putting down the book to ponder it, but not pondering long because I had to know what happened next.

 I read this in two sittings and then went back and re-read some parts, because there really is a lot to digest in those 200 pages. I am going to look at Dermansky's other work!