pickI don't remember what list I saw this on but I am so glad I grabbed it from the library! I don't read too many motherhood books (unless they are on the women's prize list!) but I love a good unraveling novel and our Clover here is doing some award winning unraveling! And right when I was thinking it was too much we shifted a bit.
This is a bit of a mommy moment and a thriller. Even though I figured out the twist early on I still enjoyed the ride
pickI loved this. The story unfolds slowly, bit by bit, and the detailed descriptions of motherhood, of colours and sensations and experiences are beautiful. I really really hate Margot! A book to make you hold your own child(ren) tightly and appreciate anew the privilege and joy of being their mother. I miss my babies!
pickI was trying to control my desire to buy this book with money I don‘t have when I discovered joyfully I could get the ebook through the library. I devoured it do desperately and every single page was incredible. I‘m going to read every single thing of hers I can get my hand on forever.
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pickThe Bonne Maman advent calendar is ready for tomorrow!
Bieker does dark really well. An abusive husband and father dies. His wife takes the blame for his murder while his daughter slips into the night and starts over in San Francisco. Told in (excellent) alternating timelines the daughter (now a mother) unravels when she hears from her estranged imprisoned mom. She also writes about her father‘s abuse and her escape.
so-soSo, I‘m unsatisfied with the ending. I felt like all the action in the book was off-screen. There was build up and build up and then…time jump, stuff happened and now here are the consequences. And I would have liked more closure for, well, everything. I enjoyed it enough, I just wish there was more to it.
pick3.5/5 🌟
This Japanese novel is anything but cozy. It follows a young woman, pregnant out of wedlock, facing her parents' disapproval and surviving an abusive, alcoholic father. Her journey through childbirth, work struggles, and finding childcare is raw and challenging.
It started strong, but by the end, my interest had faded.
pickI was over 3/4 through this when I correctly realized an upcoming twist. After that it was wondering how it would go down if and when Clove came to understand the situation. The ending was fine and changed from pure entertainment (as if growing up in domestic violence can ever be fodder for entertainment) to a story with a message.
pickI found this galley proof of Hunter‘s first novel in the bargain carts at The Strand this summer. I loved The Harpy so it caught my eye. It‘s a slim, sparse account of a climate apocalypse that feels pretty realistic at this point, and the aftermath, told by the narrator who is a new mother. I liked it; a low pick.
