Ellen Miller (2) (1967–2008)

I first read this book in the early 2000's (published in 1998) and was horrified and amazed. Over the years I would check to see if Miller had written another book to no avail. When I picked this up nearly 20 years later to read again, I did further searching and found that the author has been dead since 2008. The book was just as wonderful, funny, sad and horrifying but sadder somehow knowing that her next book would never be written.

This is my favorite book of all time. I've read it so many times that I don't have to read it anymore to know exactly what is going to happen on each page. It is well written and profound. There are parts of it that connect to life every day. You'll definitely never look at cucumbers the same way again. It's intense, but worth getting through. I've lent it to people that read it and could only say, "wow." Ellen Miller became my favorite author by writing one book, that's how good it was. It show more was a great disappointment when the second novel that was supposedly in the works never came. show less