![]() He feels bad that he cannot provide better for his family. He’s struggling to pay his many credit card bills, in fact. ![]() Unlike his daughter’s friend’s family, he has a rundown house and no lawn ornaments whatsoever, especially no costly SGs. He cannot even afford to give her the birthday present she wants, which is quite pricey. He is not as well off as his neighbors, not as well off as his daughter’s best friend’s family, who are very rich and have everything. Our narrator here is a home owner, a family man, who is keeping a diary for future generations so they can see how life was really lived. The SGs are strung together with a thread through the brain (which can be removed without harm) which leaves them docile, swinging from a ‘microline’ in long flowing white dresses in the front yard. ![]() Take the longest story, “The Semplica Girl Diaries”: SGs, we learn, are lovely ethnic women used by homeowners to decorate their lawns. The absurdist elements are here, as always, though tampered down some, and the satirical humor runs high, as always, but now we have a more empathetic overtone. There is a new dimension to Tenth of December, which sneaks up on you and takes hold. ![]() Don’t be afraid of the hype this third collection by George Saunders lives up to it. ![]()
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