I really loved this book! It's hard to classify - definitely not a novel, nor is it non-fiction. You can tell it's part memoir, and part fiction, a collection of stories, each of which stays with the reader a long, longtime, grouped around the theme of the different rooms of a home...specific rooms, eloquently, wittily, lovingly described. I think it is a display of excellent writing by excellent contemporary writers -- and it's a real treasure. Icing on the cake: some of the proceeds of the book go to help the homeless. ( )