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laurenmckane's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
3.5
milbelmama's review against another edition
Too heavy for me right now, maybe I’ll come back one day.
iancarpenter's review
4.0
A unique mix of academic writing, memoir and poetry that I really enjoyed. Wasn't terribly interested in the dissection of the pregnant women in society but the writing about Nelson's relationship and her partner were great. The ending with its cross-cutting between her childbirth and the death of her mother left me bawling.
brijeanson's review against another edition
“In this way I edit myself into a boldness that is neither native nor foreign to me.”
Really I just love that Nelson is writing wholly for herself and not for an audience. This felt like one of the most intimate reading experiences, like I was really in her mind, even if Nelson “edits herself into a boldness.”
Really I just love that Nelson is writing wholly for herself and not for an audience. This felt like one of the most intimate reading experiences, like I was really in her mind, even if Nelson “edits herself into a boldness.”
skmiles's review
4.0
An exploration of different kinds of becoming, of bodily transformation and what it means to fully inhabit oneself through change. Academic, intimate, and lyrical.