Welcome to Litsy!

An ageless lighthouse keeper tells her story. She is “the thief wife.” She is responsible for the presence of gold in California. She is cursed. She needs to reclaim everything she stole when fleeing the prospect of a loveless marriage in China in order to escape her curse.

This is a strange book. The narrative alternates between 2nd & 3rd person. The language is a blend of lyrical, magical prose & profanity. The end is extremely unsatisfying.

“Dolores disapproved of the Gold Rush, too, and certainly of the Barbary Coast; it was too much of a middle finger to manners. But she thoroughly enjoyed disapproving of things, so she stayed.”

“She‘s mysterious in the way wise people are mysterious, knowing so much that they are always involuntarily hiding secrets.”

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Starting the tagged book (for Book Club). And soaking. That last part is *very* important.