Rocky Rates It: The Emperor’s Children by Claire Messud
The Emperor’s Children is the most “adult” book I’ve read this year. Every character is mired in his/her own sense of inadequacies, be they real or imagined. From the self-possessed Marina who strives for a name beyond that of her famous father to the hapless Bootie, whose idealism threatens his own destruction, Messud presents a …
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