Review: The House of Lanterns

Some novels grab you on the first page. The House of Lanterns takes your hand instead and walks you slowly up the hill to a house where every window is lit.

What stays with you is the grandmother, who speaks through a letter for most of the book, and the way the author lets small details, a recipe, a key, a song, carry the weight of three generations.

We recommend it to anyone who loved a family saga, and to anyone who has ever had to empty a house.