Bri is Reading: The Vacationers by Emma Straub
In denial that summer is coming to an end? This is the book for you. Emma Straub’s sophomore effort The Vacationers follows the Post family as they go on a two-week vacation in Mallorca, despite the fact that their family is low-level falling apart. Exploring multigenerational family dysfunction with minimal plot propulsion runs the risk of boredom, but Straub’s ability to craft characters transcended this danger. The characters come to life within a few lines of text as deeply flawed individuals with complex relationships to one another. Meandering my way through the Posts’ Mallorca trip was so relaxing, it made me feel a bit like I was on a vacation myself–not an easy feat, considering I was actually commuting to work while doing so.
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