{"id":44650,"date":"2018-11-07T11:12:50","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T16:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=44650"},"modified":"2018-10-31T19:29:19","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T23:29:19","slug":"florida-by-lauren-groff-in-booklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/florida-by-lauren-groff-in-booklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida by Lauren Groff [in Booklist]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-44623 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/Florida-Lauren-Groff-BookDragon-514x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"514\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/Florida-Lauren-Groff-BookDragon-514x800.jpg 514w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/Florida-Lauren-Groff-BookDragon.jpg 651w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/laurengroff.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Lauren Groff<\/a> (<em>Fates and Furies<\/em>, 2015) lives in Florida and is married with two sons \u2013 not unlike five of the protagonists among the 11 stories here. Unlike with her previous titles, Groff narrates, adding a layer of intimacy to further enhance the first-person perspective of the majority of this new collection, currently <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalbook.org\/2018-national-book-awards-finalists-announced\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">long-listed for the National Book Award<\/a>. Her French is fluent (Groff\u2019s teenage study abroad in France becomes background fodder in \u201cYport\u201d); her German is less so.\u00a0An experienced narrator might have created definitive characterizations, making each story more distinct, but Groff\u2019s consistent, controlled vocalization suggests that these Floridians \u2013 whether domiciled in the state or traveling \u2013 might be further intertwined off the page.<\/p>\n<p>Standouts, ironically, are the less apparently autobiographical, including \u201cAt the Round Earth\u2019s Imagined Corners,\u201d about a boy caught between his sundered parents; \u201cDogs Go Wolf,\u201d about two abandoned sisters; and \u201cAbove and Below,\u201d about a young adult devolving into homeless anonymity. For Groff\u2019s already substantial fan base, her aural debut should provide additional enticement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/Florida-\/pid=9642089\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">&#8220;Media,&#8221; <em>Booklist<\/em>, November 1, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lauren Groff (Fates and Furies, 2015) lives in Florida and is married with two sons \u2013 not unlike five of the protagonists among the 11 stories here. 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