Okay, so I finished The Condition by Jennifer Haigh. I really, really liked it! Good, developed characters; an easy read - quick but not a piece of fluff. Jennifer Haigh really does a good job developing her character (this is the second book I've read by her) and really making you feel you are a part of the families she's writing about or at least feel their angst. The dynamics of the family in The Condition are believable and probably very familiar to many of us out there. A definite recommendation.
So now I'm on to the above. I started this novel on Friday and am nearly half way through it...and I love it. I love Lorna Landvik...she's a great, funny, laugh out loud writer and I imagine I would love any one of her books. This one is about the inhabitants of a small town in northern Minnesota called Tall Pines. At the center of the town is the diner called Cup O'Delight - run by a rich and robust woman, newly escaped from an abusive marriage. This diner is also where most of the "action" occurs in the novel, mainly surrounding the introverted main character Fenny. She's a 22-year old, newly orphaned young lady, trying to find where her place is in life (without her overzealous and extroverted parents). She has recently been cast in a Hollywood film - having been stumbled upon by the screen writer as he scopes out towns to film the movie. She's inexperienced and naive and a hilarious change of scenery to the uptight and egotistical trappings that come with the "business". I haven't finished reading this book but I already recommend it highly. You will laugh out loud at the things people say and do. (Note: Just remember the quote, "I think I just pooped in my pants!")
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