“Later I would see that I was wrong about Leidy, wrong to think I wouldn‘t need her and that being a mom herself hadn‘t changed her in a way that would help us deal with Mami. I was wrong to believe the stories we‘d been told about ourselves: that I was the only one bright enough and aware enough to have some kind of plan.”
IriDas Oh my god. I loooooooooove this book. It was the most important book I read in university. I have never connected more with a character in a book. 1w
shortsarahrose @IriDas It‘s almost painful reading this at times because I see so much of me Freshman year of college in this. Like I want to hug Lizet and reassure her but also tell her she‘s an idiot (which is also probably how I‘d react reading my old LiveJournal posts from my freshman year 😆). 1w
shortsarahrose (Though also recognizing that I had things easier than Lizet because of my own white privilege. My own background is probably closer to Ethan‘s). 1w
IriDas @shortsarahrose Same, but because I‘m from such a redneck family, there were so many crossovers even with her family and mine. I also wish I‘d read it my freshman year because then I would have seen that college was not designed for people like me, that I‘d always be a square peg, and I might have been able to deal with it better. Instead I felt all the same anger and committed all the same missteps. 1w
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