pickThe reality that any 10 year old girl moves through the world as her own caretaker rips at my heart. I wish all those 10 yr olds had a Lettie standing in the shadows understanding they have no choice but to care when they sense something amiss.
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pick897 pages later, and I am a better person for it. Masterful, brilliant, heart wrenching, full of anger and sadness and wit and humor. I absolutely loved it. And yep, I know this much is true 😉
(Side note: Wally Lamb lists Mrs. Piggle Wiggle as the first book he read that inspired his writing life. I LOVED Mrs. PW 😊♥️).
so-soGrabbed this at a sale because I'd seen it mentioned in my fb book groups. Started reading it and thought it was giving David Sedaris kinda vibes. Less than halfway through, I figured out what was going on and had an inclination of how it could end. Definitely a Fight Club type of vibe book. Not stellar, but good. 3 star
Our house got hit with the major storms that came through West TX over the last couple of days. Unfortunately, my office took the worst of it. I managed to save all the books that got wet and, with the major help that you see here, found the bright side and rearranged my shelves while I was putting them back up. Now, I just have to finish cleaning & wait for insurance to replace windows, roof, paint, etc… It could have been much worse, though.
A portion of the tagged book made my eyes all sweaty. She was talking about the loss of her much loved dog.
Most books won‘t make me cry but portions will get me teary eyed.
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pickPage-turning! Two people, a newly divorced 40-year-old straight guy (Gibson), and a 30-something lesbian (Shelby), whose wife has died recently and unexpectedly, get drawn in by a charismatic pathological liar and only figure it out after they meet. Femme dyke, anxiety, and grief representation with Shelby are extremely well done. I love Whittall's #queer characters, because they feel so much like the queer people I know IRL. Great #audiobook!
Oof I forgot how real Zoe Whittall's descriptions of anxiety are, so real it is hard to read sometimes as someone with anxiety. You can tell she is so familiar with it.
Anxiety making an appearance these past few days.
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