last winter britt got me hooked on jeanette winterson... i really loved her book boating for beginners a spin off the noah's ark story... i also really enjoyed the red tent and lamb... i love fiction that takes the familiar and just goes hog wild in the imagination category... you know? so when i saw david maine's book (as i was already juggling a pile of "must haves" in the book store) i decided i had to read it... it's also a spin off of the noah's ark story, a bit more real than winterson's (sometimes she's really out there) and not bad... it really gives you a vision of the full humanity of the characters... but i dunno, i finished it today and i was disappointed with the ending... i guess because i didn't feel like it took me anywhere... i was just reading reading reading, and then it was over... that's it... but i like the women in this book, they are witty and intelligent, and each chapter is from a different character's perspective... and the last chapter was my favorite chick... the young one everyone thought was stupid, but really she was quite observant... and full of heart.... but still i feel like maine left me hanging at the end, something was just missing, and that makes me sad, but overall an enjoyable read...