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The Wrong Heaven
The Wrong Heaven | Amy Bonnafons
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Including the story "Horse," as heard on This American Life. "In her amazing, wildly inventive collection, Amy Bonnaffons writes about transformation, each story further complicating the world as we know it. With a style that blends humor and sincerity in such strange, perfect ratios, Bonnaffons reveals the mysteries inside of us, just waiting to make themselves known. The Wrong Heaven, so wondrous, will alter you in all the necessary ways."--Kevin Wilson In The Wrong Heaven, anything is possible: bodies can transform, inanimate objects come to life, angels appear and disappear. Bonnaffons draws us into a delightfully strange universe, in which her conflicted characters seek to solve their sexual and spiritual dilemmas in all the wrong places. The title story's heroine reckons with grief while arguing with loquacious Jesus and Mary lawn ornaments that come to life when she plugs them in. In "Horse," we enter a world in which women transform themselves into animals through a series of medical injections. In "Alternate," a young woman convinces herself that all she needs to revive a stagnant relationship is the perfect poster of the Dalai Lama. While some of the worlds to which Bonnaffons transports us are more recognizable than others, all of them uncover the mysteries beneath the mundane surfaces of our lives. Enormously funny, boldly inventive, and as provocative as they are deeply affecting, these stories lay bare the heart of our deepest longings.
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Suet624
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As I mentioned previously, Jenny of Reading Envy gave this book five stars. It was a local book seller who handed it to me and said I had to read it. This was delightful. Short stories involving women dipping into alternative settings, where a certain injection could turn you into a horse to be wild forever, where women in their 60s review their friendships, where a statue of Mary and Jesus offer comfort and sarcasm. Great to dip in and out of. 🔽

Suet624 This photo is what we consider to be fake fall foliage. A few trees turn color and drop their leaves and I think it‘s going to be a horrible fall season and then three weeks later there is a brilliant color in the leaves that you think you shouldn‘t be able to find in real life. #offtheshelf (edited) 1mo
Ruthiella It‘s amazing the prodigious amount of books Jenny read. I still keep running into books I‘m only getting to now that she reviewed on Goodreads. (edited) 1mo
Suet624 @Ruthiella I feel the same way. It feels like a fun treasure to find that I‘ve just read a book she enjoyed. 1mo
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Suet624
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In this story, a woman is taking an experimental drug that will turn her into a horse. A horse that will be completely wild, with no restraints, no language, no laws, no riders. What you end up caring about sounds pretty good to me right now.

AmyG Right? 1mo
dabbe Love the last sentence especially. 🧡💜🩶 1mo
Suet624 @dabbe yes, that one. 💕 1mo
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Deblovestoread ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 1mo
TheBookHippie Oh yes. ♥️ 1mo
AnnCrystal 💕🐎💝. 1mo
Suet624 @AnnCrystal 💕💕 1mo
lil1inblue Just beautiful. Stacked. 1mo
Suet624 @lil1inblue are you in the US? If so, happy to send it to you when I‘m done. 1mo
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This cracked me up.

Tamra Maybe 🤣 1mo
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Paperback.Propensity
The Wrong Heaven | Amy Bonnafons
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Yet another Dollar Tree find... I've been reading a lot of short stories this year.

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Misanthropester
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10 short stories that are a kind of #magicalrealism but manage to feel more genuine, good humored, & realist than a lot of other #fiction

This is a delightful & quirky debut

Full review: http://misanthropester.com/2018/11/15/the-wrong-heaven-by-amy-bonnaffons/

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ReadingEnvy
The Wrong Heaven | Amy Bonnafons
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Total books read: 29
Review copies: 12

Audio: 6
eBook: 12
Print:11

Canada/Alaska 2018: 5
Postal Book Swaps: 2
Newest Literary Fiction Group: YA Theme: 4
Science September: 2

Giller Prize Longlist: 1

Man Booker Prize Longlist: 5
Man Booker Prize Shortlist: 1

National Book Award Longlist: 2

Full list here:
http://readingenvy.blogspot.com/2018/09/books-read-september-2018-219-247.html

BarbaraBB What a satisfying month for you!! 7y
HardcoverHearts 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 7y
ReadingEnvy @BarbaraBB it's been the best for five stars, that's for sure 7y
Pamwurtzler Nice! 7y
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ReadingEnvy
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Suburban magical realism with humor and identity crises and very believable awkwardness in all these stories. Loved this collection! Made me think of early Karen Russell circa St Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves.

saresmoore Sounds good to me! 7y
ReadingEnvy @saresmoore I think you'd like it! 7y
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Misanthropester
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there‘s nothing to meet

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Misanthropester
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Yesterday‘s #bookmail, we‘ll see how these short stories go

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Rhondareads
The Wrong Heaven | Amy Bonnafons
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A book of inventive short stories perfect read for me thanks @LittleBrownBooks .The rest of the books the glorious book mail I came home to ,💕📚