My friend gave me a gift sertificate to a bookstore for Christmas and I used half of it today. I decided to get this. Have heard a lot of good about it. 😊
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My Life as a Rat: A Novel | 
My friend gave me a gift sertificate to a bookstore for Christmas and I used half of it today. I decided to get this. Have heard a lot of good about it. 😊
pickViolet‘s childhood confession of witnessing her brothers‘ terrible crime leads to her family‘s unequivocal rejection and a life of immense loneliness.
Read September 24 - October 7
Rated 3/5 ⭐️
Book 40/60
pick"My wish is to live a life in which emotions come slowly as clouds on a calm day. You see the approach, you contemplate the beauty of the cloud, you observe it passing, you let it go. You do not dwell upon what you have seen, you do not regret it. You are content to understand that the identical cloud will never come again, no matter how beautiful, unique. You do not weep at its loss."
Reading this book for my #IRL #bookclub #everythingbutselfhelp.
Dear baby girl...this story is going to stick with me forever. Parents are supposed to protect and provide and the two idiots you wanted to love you so badly, failed! 😭 This book discussion will be intense and I can‘t wait!
pick12 yo Violet Rue is girl from large family where loyalty is everything, she breaks that rule becoming a rat. Excluded from the family, living with the aunt, her life becomes a nightmare and a vicious cycle of a guilt. It‘s a extremely dark, melancholic story exploring race, gander, class, forgiveness and inner struggles of a abused child. Between 3 and 4 ⭐️.
pickWhy am I only just reading a Joyce Carol Oates book NOW?! Well, this won‘t be the last book of hers that I‘ll read, that‘s for sure. A child is ostracised from her family, and it affects the rest of her life and her self esteem. How could it not? If any book character ever needed to be forcibly removed from her storyline and hugged, then this is that character. It really left me feeling such sadness for her. Highly recommended.
pickJoyce Carol Oats is a name that is always popping up so I thought it was about time I gave her a whirl.
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