A review by katieinca
Heft by Liz Moore

4.0

I wasn't sure from the summary that this would be up my alley, this book about these two dudes, a 550-lb shut-in living off his family money, this high school academic underachiever who's all about sports. But Moore writes them in this very intimate way, and through them delves into parental abandonment, addiction, loss, need, and guilt in a way that kind of pokes at you. It was a very sweet book without being sugary. And you know I wouldn't like it if there weren't funny bits.

So I'm really glad my local bookshop bribed me to read it with cupcakes and wine, and my internal monologue is going to be polluted with Arthur's "O"s and "&"s for some time to come.