The Clay Girl: A Novel | 
pickThis book is so many things I don‘t like - poetic language and a story of the terrible things people do to children. However I loved it - Ari is a fabulous, sadly old before her time protagonist and I found the language beautiful and hopeful. I think this is one that will stick.
pickThis book is so many things I don‘t like - poetic language and a story of the terrible things people do to children. However I loved it - Ari is a fabulous old before her time protagonist and I found the language beautiful and hopeful. I think this is one that will stick.
The Clay Girl by Heather Tucker
Ughhh, I can‘t get the picture right, sorry
@TheReadingMermaid
I can‘t remember if Ari has to worry about #WhenIKissedtheTeacher or if she‘s just crushing real hard on him. No matter what, Ari‘s teacher ends up having a positive influence on her rather chaotic life.
#ABBAinAugust
Ari Appleton gets a #tickettoride back and forth across Canada, between love and safety, and abuse and hate. She gets placed in the care of relatives who love her, but then taken away again at the whim of her unstable mother, and this keeps happening throughout her life.
#HeyJune
pickHow do you even begin to describe a book like this? Part A Little Life, part All the Ugly and Wonderful Things, part poetry, but still, completely its own. The writing did get a bit too poetic for me, and at times, I didn‘t even understand what I was reading. But the story about a #child dealing with too much shit trying to find some heroes in her life kept me turning the pages until the end.
#RecommendationsChallenge2018 #ReadingResolutions
#Thisisme spending the last day of a long weekend on the couch with a book and coffee 📖☕️
#GetMovin #currentlyreading
I‘m already liking this book just because of this family tree 👌
#currentlyreading
Spending the morning with a book and coffee - #thatswhatIlike. Do I have time for that right now? Noooooooooo.... but hopefully I can make this happen this weekend 🤞
#GetMovin
pickThis might be my favourite book, ever. It was written like nothing I‘ve read, in a very long-time. The story itself could have been gritty/grizzly and under a heavier hand it could have been a very different tale. Ari is one of those characters who you want to feel sorry for but she won‘t allow it. The book is about finding your family and seeing the good, even in the worst of times. Of stepping up when it would be easier to step back. I LOVED it.
pickAri is such a charming, delightful character. Despite desperate living conditions and truly horrible parents, Ari thrives with the help of her sisters and the family she cobbles together for herself. The language of this book is magical. I loved it.
This book is lovely. Each chapter has an illustration of the main character‘s imaginary seahorse, Jasper. (The cover is also great.)
These are the books I am the most excited to get to in the last months of this year!!
pickThis bookl made me smile and cry. Beautiful coming of age story. One if my fav reads this year. 5/5 stars
#theclaygirl #heathertucker #debutnovel
pickThis book was an emotional roller coaster from start to finish. It made my heart swell with love and happiness, it made it break from sadness, and it made me want to explode with anger. Heather's writing is truly musical - all the words just rolled through my mind like a song and I could easily go back and read it again just to write down my favourite quotes. And such amazing characters. I turned the last page and I didn't want to let them go.
pickDay 19: #ReadingWomenMonth - Canadian Authors ⠀
Set against the backdrop of 1960s Canada, THE CLAY GIRL tells the story of how the power of imagination, and human kindness, can give hope to a girl growing up in harsh world. It's one of the books we are discussing and reviewing in Ep. 23. Give it a listen before our discussion episode drops on Wednesday.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/reading-women/id1118019442?mt=2&i=1000386254...
I simply cannot stop thinking about The Clay Girl. I've always loved coming of age stories and this one is eloquent, tender and heartbreaking ...
#TGIFGIVEAWAY
Happy 1st birthday Reading Women podcast!
Just finished and I'm an ugly sobbing mess ... Very certain this ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ is my #1 book of 2017. Pretty certain after I sit with it for awhile I will decide that it is my favorite book ever❣️❣️❣️
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pickI don't have words to describe how amazing this was. The writing was GORGE. The story was heartbreaking, but uplifting at the same time. I want a personal seahorse named Jasper 💔
If you can stomach books on difficult topics, I definitely recommend.
A cuppa of Yorkshire Tea with this wonderful book! I also wanted to plug butter London nail polish bc it's vegan and fantastic. Thank you, Simon, @SavidgeReads for mentioning Yorkshire Tea! Ha! Love it and the box blurb: "Lets have a proper brew". ??❤️UPDATE: just learned my specific nail polish is not vegan....ughhh! You must buy the Patent Shine 10X for vegan polish. My apologies.
Canadian Author. Taken outside my library-they ordered it for me-fresh out of the delivery box. I❤️my library
Picked this one up at the library! An imaginary seahorse!
pickAbsolutely amazing novel about survivors of child abuse and the hope and power of imagination. All the trigger warnings for this one, but man, it's so beautiful.
"I thought you weren't buying any more books this month." I have a problem. But it could be a worse problem, right? And my daughter wanted Under Rose-tainted Skies. How could I say no? ?
Long work day. Off to bed to read for a dozen hours. Sweet dreams, Littens. 😘📚🤘🏻
Hariet 'Ari' Appleton is not dirt but clay. A child moulded from hate, cruelty, and neglect yet, she's... spectacular. Her astounding resilience, gifts (of which there are many), and imagination sustain her and all who meet her. This book! The prose, the lyrical quality of each magical sentence, the... oh you know what, just read it. I doubt you'll be disappointed. It's glorious.
10/60
Here's a picture of a sampling of "Girl" books on my ereader. #girlinthetitle #readjanuary
pickThe language in this book is pure magic. The story is inspirational. Hariet is a adolescent girl who is wise beyond her years. She's had a challenging life but she finds a way to overcome, thrive in fact. I don't know whether to feel sorry for her or envy her. A little bit of both perhaps. Can't say enough good things about this book. Right up my alley!
Final book haul of 2016, not including the books winging their way to me from the U.K. We made an impromptu stop at one of the Tattered Cover locations yesterday, and I didn't even make it past the new in paperback shelves. I'm excited for all of these.
It's 12:45 AM in Tokyo. It's been a long day. I've had a couple drinks to unwind. And, just now,, I read the synopsis of this book: I think I might be, characterologically speaking, too faint of heart to ever tackle it. I'll have another gander in the fresh light of day tomorrow. In the meantime, what say you? (About the book, not my day.)
