“A person can lose everything in an instant. A fortune, a family, the sun. I’ve had to learn this lesson twice in my life.” “The coroner gave me the only picture that I have of Mama, a print of her body in the ditch.” “I guess, the way I see it, you could tell theContinue reading “THE ANTIDOTE – Karen Russell”
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AFTER SAPPHO – Selby Wynn Schwartz
“Those were the stories we were given. When we were children, we learned what happened to girls in fables: eaten, married, lost. Then came our bouts of classical education, imparting to us the fates of women in ancient literature: betrayed, raped, cast out, driven mad in tongueless grief.” My Booker 2022 longlist reading journey isContinue reading “AFTER SAPPHO – Selby Wynn Schwartz”
THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE – V.E. Schwab
“Because happiness is brief, and history is lasting, and in the end,” he says, “everyone wants to be remembered.” “I saw an elephant in Paris.” V.E. Schwab’s The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Oct 2020) certainly received a lot of hype as its publication date approached. I saw ARCs of this book EVERYWHERE. It wasContinue reading “THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE – V.E. Schwab”
A Girl Named Tommi 