Improvement by Joan Silber

I had never heard of this author but was drawn to the book by it's recommendation in the Three Lives Bookstore in the Village.  So I bought it, always wanting to support the local, independent bookstores.  This quote from Kirkus, is pretty much what the "blurb" in the bookstore said about the book:

There is something so refreshing and genuine about this book, coming partly from the bumpy weave of its unpredictable story and partly from its sharply turned yet refreshingly unmannered prose. A winner.

I'm glad I own the book, because as soon as I finished it, I wanted to start it all over again, with the added insight of having just finished it. I can't explain it....I rarely feel that way about a book, but this one was short and doable.

But alas, Susan Choi's new book, Trust Exercise, is awaiting and I've waited a while to get it from the Library. So, I'll move on with the knowledge that I can go back to Silber's book whenever I want. It's on the shelf.