Obsessed with the American pronunciation of Aaron…
Lowkey forgot and was wondering who “Erin” was 🤣
Obsessed with the American pronunciation of Aaron…
Lowkey forgot and was wondering who “Erin” was 🤣
Delicate artwork in coloured pencil and watercolour illustrate this graphic memoir about coming out as a lesbian later in life. Translation from French by Helge Dascher and Karen Houle. #CanadianAuthor #LGBTQ #comics
Omg this is such a wonderful treat of a book! Such lovely characters… it centers in the titular siblings, and extends outward to include their complicated family dynamics, their partners/ex-partners, and the life challenges they face: relationships, finances, racism, mental health, etc. I want them to adopt me.
Finally getting to this debut novel from 2018. It was fascinating to view the protagonist from the internal view of the spirits that occupy her body. I had read reviews where people found this bizarre and confronting. I guess my worldview has been widened by my other reading because it didnt seem so strange - very interesting and engaging. Have you read this @Reggie ?
A beautifully atmospheric novel. The stories of Holly, Nisa, Stevie, and Amanda are diverse but diverge together in a refreshingly realistic portrayal of intergenerational relationships in a community. These relationships are at the heart of the story, and are at constant risk of being devoured by their individual desires for success.
To use an insult is to cite the past. It only has meaning because it has been used by so many earlier speakers: a dizzying word that rises from the depths of time immemorial, as one of Genet's verses puts it.
Yet, for those at whom it is aimed, it also represents a projection into the future: the dreadful presentiment that such words, and the violence they carry, will accompany you for the rest of your days.
Or there was the time when, after I had made mention of Simone de Beauvoir, this same ultra-Catholic professor, an extremely powerful presence in the philosophy department, interrupted me and curtly interjected: "You seem to be unaware that Mademoiselle de Beauvoir treated her own mother disrespectfully.".... "Mademoiselle"! I laughed for months each time I thought of this way of referring to her.
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I love when I have lots of data entry at work, because it allows me to #audiowork.
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This was an inventive, almost surreal blend of memoir & fantasy. Beautiful characters, and a variety of writing styles.
🎧: I never hold the narrator of an audiobook against the book itself, but this one was just ok. I felt the work was owed a better narrator in order to truly appreciate the poetry of the book. I'd recommend the print version.
A beautiful story. Light and simple but full of sentiment. A little cozy novella for those who'd like to read something pleasant and refreshing.