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A review by lori85
Model Home by Eric Puchner
4.0
This is the story of one family's fall from the American Dream and descent into hell, which is literally scorching hot, stinking, and plague-ridden (the waste treatment plant is found to be a cancer risk). The original sin here is dopey dad Warren's greed compelling him to uproot his wife and children to the golden land of California, where he promptly loses all their money in a bad real estate investment. Like Dante on his tour, the spectacle only gets worse from there. Criminal charges, infidelity, maiming, disfigurement, runaway children, an explosion - if there was any divine intervention here, it's the miracle that no one ever attempts suicide.
Mom Camille commutes to a job two hours away that provides the family with badly-needed health insurance, while daughter Lyle takes a year off from college to help with her invalid brother. I don't know if this was intentional commentary on the author's part, but it is noteworthy that it is the women of the household who took on the most burdens. This happens a lot in real life.
Mom Camille commutes to a job two hours away that provides the family with badly-needed health insurance, while daughter Lyle takes a year off from college to help with her invalid brother. I don't know if this was intentional commentary on the author's part, but it is noteworthy that it is the women of the household who took on the most burdens. This happens a lot in real life.