The back cover, by the author of House of Sand and Fog, says “Kim Addonizio writes like Lucinda Williams sings….” My Dreams Out in the Street really does feel like that, once you get into it. Took me three days to get through the first chapter (they’re really long chapters) and another day to get through the second chapter… but then I was hooked. Williams’ music is a lot like that for me.
A happy unhappy ending, which is what you’d expect from a novel about people just trying to survive life.