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I found the writing and storyline in this book to be average....but not exciting or memorable. Characters lived predictably. I probably agreed a little with Nicholas that the whole trip was ill conceived and unnecessary.

Frequently disjointed, Susan Shreve's novel, More News Tomorrow, was difficult to follow. Redeeming qualities were the prose that often popped and the wisdom expressed by Georgianna and Thomas about memory and fear and truth. Mother and grandmother, Georgianna plans a trip with her family to hopefully discover the backstory of her mother's murder. Memorable characters, Roosevelt in particular, add spark to the quest. Off to a slow start with rapid shifts between the past and present, the novel began to light up close to one-third of the way in. The years portrayed (2008 and 1941) touch on bigotry and wartime events but not substantially enough to make an impact.

If you like your books to have a plethora of characters, and many plot lines, this is the book for you. If you want characters that are fleshed out and relatable, this is not the book for you. So many issues dabbled with; immigrant, Jew, Black, mental illness, murder, love affairs, Barack Obama. Home for the Incurables? Botswana? Where was the editor? This was a struggle to get through.

...Except that there wasn't any more news, and if the reader is waiting to find out what further information Georgie's father had for her, he or she will be disappointed. The book is disjointed, the premise unbelievable (Georgie has been at loose ends for her entire life because of her family and childhood, but she does nothing about it until she receives a post card from Roosevelt, about whom she immediately begins to fantasize). The characters are unsympathetic and unrealistic, with the possible exception of Thomas. I wanted to finish the book to find the answer to the mystery, but it wasn't worth it. This was a disappointing read.

A 70 year old anthropologist takes her family on a quest to dig thru her past by reenacting an event that changed her life. Will finding the truth be for the better or worse? "Perhaps it's better not to know."
I found the idea of the story interesting; the overall theme of finding or not finding the truth to bring closure. But, I would not recommend this book.
The number of characters were confusing, giving the main character two names, and the flash back characters were not fully developed.
I found the ending disappointing. Did we really know the truth? Or, "She believes the imagination is the truth."