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Invisible as Air
Invisible as Air: A Novel | Zoe Fishman
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A provocative and timely new novel by the author of Inheriting Edith, one that will haunt you long after the final page is turned Sylvie Snow knows the pressures of expectations: a woman is supposed to work hard, but never be tired; age gracefully, but always be beautiful; fix the family problems, but always be carefree. Sylvie does the grocery shopping, the laundry, the scheduling, the schlepping and the PTA-ing, while planning her sons Bar Mitzvah and cheerfully tending her husband, Paul, whos been lying on the sofa with a broken ankle. Shes also secretly addicted to the Oxycontin intended for her husband. For three years, Sylvie has repressed her grief about the heartbreaking stillbirth of her newborn daughter, Delilah. On the morning of the anniversary of her death, when she just cant face doing onemorething: she takes onejust oneof her husbands discarded pain pills. And suddenly she feels patient, kinder, and miraculously relaxed. She tells herself that the pills are temporary, just a gift, and that when the supply runs out shell go back to her regularly scheduled programming. But days turn into weeks, and Sylvie slips slowly into a nightmare. At first, Paul and Teddy are completely unaware, but this changes quickly as her desperate choices reveal her desperate state. As the Bar Mitzvah nears, all three of them must face the void within themselves, both alone and together.
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It‘s the most wonderful time of the year in Savannah! The festival kicked off with an opening address by Joseph Kanon who was delightful. I got to take Kiley Reid to a local middle school yesterday morning to talk about storytelling to some enthusiastic budding writers and then John Grisham gave a ramblingly wonderful key note address. Today is what it‘s all about though. 45 authors all around town talking about their books!

squirrelbrain Sounds wonderful! 4y
TaciturnWhenReading That sounds amazing! Have fun! 4y
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valeriegeary
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Post-race plans: try to stay awake until at least 8pm. 😆

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valeriegeary
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Sneaking in a few pages before a dinner date with friends.

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valeriegeary
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Happy Weekend Littens! How is everyone feeling today? I've had a pretty quiet week. Slowly getting back into the writing & life groove. This weekend I'm racing in a 10k! Plus I have a friend's graduation party to go to. Hopefully I'll be able to sneak in some reading between all of that. One problem though...I just finished a book & now I'm having trouble deciding what to read next! I'm picking from these 3. Any thoughts?

Megabooks Have a great weekend! 4y
valeriegeary @Megabooks thank you! 4y
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A hauntingly realistic story relevant to today‘s social environment. I highly recommend it.

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I read this in a single evening. A solid family drama. Looking forward to seeing the author at this year‘s Decatur Book Festival! #LibraryThing #EarlyReviewer

rubyslippersreads Great cover! 🐴😍 5y
cathysaid I should read this since I plan to go to the book festival this year. I have not yet attended the festival though I live in ATL. I wonder if any other Littens will be going? 5y
Well-ReadNeck @cathysaid Yay! It‘s one of my favorite weekends of the year!! I met @Theresa There year before last. There are usually several Littens posting and attending. 5y
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#BookHaul #LibraryThing #EarlyReviewers

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