My book club loves to discover new authors and their debut novels, so when we heard about this one, we jumped. It seems almost made for book clubs. There is so much here to discuss. Plus, somehow the author has written about touchy, serious topics with such a light touch that you find yourself laughing one page and crying on another, then laughing again. And then thinking and talking a lot. A review in "The Washington Review of Books" column "Would My Book Club This?" made us try it. I predict when it goes to paperback, it's going to be a great book club seller. We adored it.

I was completely unprepared for this book to be so GOOD! It's rare to find a debut novel that is this deep but also a page-turner. Especially one with a setting at a garage sale, for crying out loud. Even the antiques are like characters that help slowly unfold the plot. I couldn't put it down worrying about those antiques going for pennies. I just loved it. So original. So much fun. And yet so smart with so much good stuff to takeaway. Our book club enjoyed it so much we didn't want to wait for the paperback and requested a Skype with the author this month, which was wonderful. If you think it's fluff, or the stereotypical quirky Southern novel, you're in for a surprise. For me, it was a great one. I read it weeks ago and I'm still thinking about it.

I didn't think much of the book when I began reading it but as it went on it became much deeper. Our group was really surprised at how much discussion there was from this small book.