pickIt feels wrong to use the word "enjoyed" of a memoir of queer domestic abuse but I loved the writing and the framing of her experience through the lens of an exhaustive array of genres. It's as if she's holding it up to the light, to make sense of what was happening to her in the absence of a ready frame of reference. Does this lessen the emotional impact? Possibly. It's awful she endured the abuse. I'm glad she could make this book of it.
Very excited to come across a copy of this Ali Smith book in a little bookstore this weekend. It‘s been on my list for a long time.
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pickA poignant, character-driven novel. I enjoyed the way it explored finding your place as an adult (coming-of-age for the late 20s) and that it didn‘t shy away from mental health issues.
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Snowflakes began to fall, blurring the outside world with white, so I turned back to Denna for another kiss, knowing that wherever the future took us, we would go together.
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Saving a kingdom.
Knowing your heart.
Or riding into the sunrise with a girl on a red horse.
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I leaned back into Tam, letting myself feel the strength and the softness in fer arms as fe held me. I closed my eyes and whispered:
“We are what‘s real.”
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pick4/5
I really enjoyed this conclusion to the Bright Falls series. Iris has writer's block, so when there's an opportunity to fake date Stevie and practice some romance for inspiration, she figures nothing can go wrong.
Iris Kelly was desperate.
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