The best babysitter in the Hamptons (and she sends me to sleep).Think lacklustre French movie set in out-of-season Biarritz, think the complete works of Eric Rohmer, think of a story that uses daily, domestic ordinariness to make its slender point. And then think - really think - about whether you can bear to watch or read another of these slight offerings. Their admirers will tell you they are subtle, gentle, sometimes ironic. But after finishing Alice McDermott's latest, I've decided my Slight Offering Tank is full. No more Rohmer for me, no more wispy nothing-burger moments, no more McDermott.
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