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She
She | Michelle Latiolais
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A nameless fifteen-year-old runs away to Los Angeles, seeking life beyond the harsh constraints of her evangelical upbringing. She is the narrative of her passage, from her escape on a bus through her quiet, determined progress across the city s unforgiving terrain. The journey takes her into and around the lives of Angelinos from all walks: a dancer whose hyperactive sense of smell makes her fiance s presence insufferable; a penniless botanist who earns her keep creating sugar-icing flowers to decorate glamorous wedding cakes she can never afford; a dentist lamenting the abuses done to the teeth of a patient for whom he has cared dutifully. Her odd encounters, set against the backdrop of Los Angeles s flagrant wealth, cast into relief its eccentricities and the everyday trials faced by its collection of lost souls. Together these stories reflect and refract one another, illuminating a poignant, unflinching portrait of loss and the search for identity in its wake."
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EliseBlackwell
She | Michelle Latiolais
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This book is structurally intriguing, elegantly composed, and insightful about how people think. I'm sorry it received so little review and other attention. It's quiet, I suppose, yet engrossing and (oddly, given some of its subject matter) comforting.

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She | Michelle Latiolais
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Mehso-so

Book 3 #24in48 👍🏻 3🌟 This was definitely 2 books.

1. A novel about a girl who left a hyper-fundamentally Christian, abusive father.
2. A collection of random short stories.

The novel is good, and I wanted more of it. It is only 1/3 of the book. The stories were by and large mediocre. A sort of enjoyable, definitely unique experience.

Melissa_D Sounds interesting. Is it a memoir? 8y
Megabooks @Melissa_D No, it's fiction. I don't think it's a bad book, just not my jam. You may enjoy it, though. 8y
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Can I get an Amen? Student loans suck! #24in48

Lauren_reading The day I finally paid mine off has been the happiest day of my life so far 😀 8y
LitHousewife They sure do!!! I have not missed them for a minute. 8y
WordWaller Ugh, I have a few years to go. Hate them! 8y
NovelGirl82 Ugh! I have so much in student loan debt, I'm going to be an 80 year old woman by the time I pay them off!! Lol! 8y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa It is truly insane...especially when you consider that education is one of the few ways we have to improve the overall health, wellbeing, economics, and future of a group of people or a country. 8y
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She | Michelle Latiolais
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Time for book 3! This is the one I'm most excited about. I haven't read/heard much about it, but the book sounds cool. #24in48 #readathon

LitHousewife I should have checked Litsy before my last tweet. This is a new to me book. I'll be looking forward to your thoughts. 8y
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Megabooks
She | Michelle Latiolais
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This is the line up so far for the @24in48 readathon! A short non-fiction one, a YA, and two shortish novels. I think it's doable. Anyone else already started their TBRs for the readathon?

BooksForEmpathy 😍😍😍😍Euphoria! 8y
Reviewsbylola I am putting dumplin in my pile too! 8y
Notafraidofwords Dying to hear what you hear about dumplin. It's been on my watch list. 8y
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OneLitChick Have an alternate handy... Just in case one isn't doing it for you. 8y
Hazel0303 Dumplin is the best best best!!! 8y
NovelGirl82 I have several that I have on the shortlist. I'm trying to decide if I want to go with a variety, or if I want to try to plow through the end of a series, for this one. 8y
laurenm I listened to Dumplin' on audio. Loved it!! 8y
WordWaller My pile is like way too high already... Haha 8y
Carol I'm stockpiled with graphic novels and essays and one or two short stories. I'm sure I have too many but I'm okay with that! 8y
prowlix I have some graphic novels and short stories set aside! I'm a big mood reader and this is only my second readathon so I'm not sure how to plan for this. But it should be great fun 👍 8y
saguarosally I've started shopping for books on my Kindle. 😱 8y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Euphoria is one of my favorite books EVER 8y
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