pickI received this book for Christmas from my wish list and I wasn‘t disappointed. It is the story, told in short chapters, of the narrator‘s experience of living in temporary assisted housing for young people with mental illness. It explores themes of the uneven division of power, what it means to be mentally ill, and where does helping cross into abuse. A fascinating short novel.
Joining in the #12Booksof2024 hosted by @Andrew65
Day 1/January was a tough pick as I had several books I really enjoyed. I‘m going to give it to the tagged book because it was history I didn‘t know about & it fascinated me & made me Google away as well as watch the movie made from it.
It was also my first book from @Itchyfeetreader ‘s #AuldLangSpine list for 2024.📚❤️
Honorable mentions for January: Salt & Broom, A Study in Scarlet Women.
pickIt was so intense. I really like it. I think it is about who own your body.
pickIt is a family drama on the surface. A love story that spans decades. It is also about parental love, kindness, and forgiveness. It was overwhelmingly heartbreaking for me in parts. I would read it during work lunch, tear-up and then have to close the book. It looks deep into characters and seeks to unravel layers of the rhyme and reason as to why people are the way they are. Plot is okay, additional characters are also okay, overall 3.5 stars.
Catie!! My neighbors are mad at you because I made a shriek sound at the cuteness off the Bear Hugs and it‘s not quite 6:00am! You definitely spoiled me BIG and I LOVE everything! Your friendship is my favorite gift of all 💚❤️
“I was too awake, it was all taking too long. I turned into a feral position. A loneliness that can be rocked. The great female tragedy. My mother, my love. It was too late. I ate books. I could live here”.
“I don‘t think I‘d heard of Prozac before, it was still so new. There was nothing like the so-called direct-to-consumer advertising we‘re so used to now. A few years later there would be books : Peter D. Kramer ‘s Listening to Prozac and Elizabeth Wurtzel‘s Prozac Nation. And soon after those creepy commercials. Ask your doctor if Zoloft might be right for you. Etc”.
Yup, yup, yup!
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