Ellen's Reviews > The Misfortune of Marion Palm

I am a bit conflicted about this book. I didn't feel any affinity with any of the characters, despite the Brooklyn neighborhoods as the setting. Marion is not a sympathetic character, leaving her family after embezzling funds. The family is so dysfunctional that it's like a train wreck you can't turn away from, with a unique style of writing by the author. I like quirky, but not quite as depressing as the Palms.