A review by ombudsman
The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers

5.0

something tragic and heavy is in the air of this book - and it's not an event, exactly (though the war looms ominously and the death of berenice's first husband, and the bad decisions she's made since, are ever-present), but the limitations placed on these characters. even frankie's attempts to escape society-as-she-knows-it (by taking on another identity) are ruinous and tragic and eventually fail. nothing turns out right in this book - though frankie chooses conformity and therefore happiness, the events of the book prior to this seem to confirm that this will not happen. not yet, at least.