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One of my favorites. Reignited my love for creative writing. Extra points for the lesbian love story.

This was a recent read for book club and… yeah. It purports to be about what would happen if you could do your relationship over again (as my friend said, a Life After Life- type book), except that it is not. There is cannibalism which is over the top and a hammer-like metaphor for an all-consuming love. This book grew out of the author‘s own relationship (yes, one of the characters is named Myriam) and MFA process and it *really* shows.

Myriam and Allison‘s lesbian relationship will work itself out, one way or another. In a series of outlandish—sometimes grotesque—multiverse possibilities, this novel unfolds in stories. I chuckled often at the author‘s playful way with words and her sense of humour. Ultimately, I appreciated the warmth and the certainty that this couple will endure. #Canadian #LGBTQ

We walked by a kitchen so full of supplements and mysterious countertop appliances it looked like the healthy version of a meth lab.

“Whenever I think I want to travel, I just eat a croissant in a crowded place, and then I‘m over it.”

This was a surprise hit! Lacroix wrote about a presumably auto-fictional woman named Miriam and her relationship with Allison in various genres and milieus. A memorable horror one has them parents to children they slowly eat. In another, Allison runs an environmentally unfriendly company and wants to be punished by Miriam in an S&M relationship. In a tamer one, they take up running to get more in sync. Odd yet wonderful! #Bookspin

This was a mind-bending maze of a book, the story of the characters constantly evolving and turning back on itself. A fascinating approach to a story about trying to make a relationship work. I was sucked in and really enjoyed it, wanting to know what the next iteration of their story would be. I‘ll admit I‘m not sure what happened at the end, but a pick nonetheless.