Every family has its crucial sentences: things it loves saying about itself.
Elizabeth Tallent wrote one of my favorite short stories ever, “No One’s a Mystery” (paywalled pdf from HARPERS). I figured since I know Tallent’s work and am very familiar with the subject matter, this memoir would be right up my alley.
It’s kind of scary how right I was, which is why I can recommend this before I’m even halfway through it.
