Hilary Leichter

Billed as a novel but more like four connected short stories, Terrace Story defies genre-fication as Hilary Leichter drops readers into a near-future world filled with dystopian elements and magical realism. Readers first meet new parents Annie and Edward, their daughter Rose, and their friend Stephanie struggling to make connections in a world clearly in environmental decline. Leichter then explores the same characters from different points of view and at different moments in time. Terrace Story is a deceptively short, simple book that explores love, family, and loss in a way that resonates long after reading.… (mais)

This is sort of an "out there" kind of read, reminiscent of some Shirley Jackson I've read.
The book is divided into parts, and my favorite part is the first one - "Terrace". Super strange, but sort of fascinating at the same time! And in a pretty cool way, that story is echoed in another part of the book called "Fortress". I didn't like it as much, but it was cool to read the other side of the story.
The last part, titled "Cantilever", was totally lost on me. Even its ending. But, it is a very quick read, and I'm glad that I did!… (mais)