May We Be Forgiven by AM Homes - review | Books | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/oct/19/may-we-be-forgiven-am-homes-review
And May We Be Forgiven is a very uneven novel, rickety, meandering and repetitive. There are far too many forgettable sub-plots and similar comic routines. Its recipe for redemption, as in This Book Will Save Your Life, involves an uneasy mixture of truism (be nice to children, animals, strangers)...