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dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
3.75
Everything goes sideways when Sarah Manguso develops a strange and debilitating disease at age 21. She talks about her treatment and the stall of her life. She talks about becoming addicted to steroids. She talks about envying the rich girls, the upper class families.
I liked it because it was so plain-spoken, but in the end I wanted a little something. Didn't you feel for your parents? Or isn't there one thing you loved and you're so excited about, that is real and in front of you and available?
I liked it because it was so plain-spoken, but in the end I wanted a little something. Didn't you feel for your parents? Or isn't there one thing you loved and you're so excited about, that is real and in front of you and available?
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction and Medical content
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