From the death of a beloved cat that leads to the breakdown of a relationship to a girl\'s struggle with the thrill of shoplifting, A Surprising Measure of Subliminal Sadness ranges the gamut of domestic restlessness.
Powers conjures a domestic landscape which begins in an imperative voice reminiscent of the speaker of Jamaica Kincaid\'s "Girl." What follows is a rich weave of tales which, while grounded in unembellished.
This is a book about unbreakable habits and the habits which break us.
From the death of a beloved cat that leads to the breakdown of a relationship to a girl\'s struggle with the thrill of shoplifting, A Surprising Measure of Subliminal Sadness ranges the gamut of domestic restlessness