“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”
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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 