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4.14 AVERAGE
4.14 AVERAGE
It feels like you have to read Oranges are Not the Only Fruit (i haven't read it yet) to enjoy this one as the author talks about her previous book all the time. So maybe that should be Oranges are Not the Only Fruit part 2 or at least explaining what was previous book about.
It's hard to believe that the writer never called her mother mom but Mrs. Winterson. Not an easy childhood and full of trauma, honest writing. Not a difficult read but i guess you should read the other book before this one.
It's hard to believe that the writer never called her mother mom but Mrs. Winterson. Not an easy childhood and full of trauma, honest writing. Not a difficult read but i guess you should read the other book before this one.
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An instant favorite. The rare kind of book that makes me want to immediately read everything else the author has ever written. I’m awed by her commitment to grappling with truth on the page. She’s funny and incisive and gutting all at the same time.
I didn't meet my biological mother until I was 16. Although I wasn't "adopted" in a traditional sense I feel a lot of common ground with people whose childhood held some sort of question mark about their parent's identity. I really loved this book. The prose is beautiful and it's incredible that Jeanette had the strength to slog through the mountains of shit she was handed by her adoptive mother. I related to her feelings about finding out the truth of her past and the ways in which books saved her sanity. She's given us a great gift here; I wish everyone in the world could read her story and understand how unique and isolating it can be to grow up not knowing anything about your "real" mother. It's something that echoes through the rest of your life and she really captured that in her biography.
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so after finishing the book, it crossed your mind to write after a month..good to know where i stand.
no, i don’t call you a bitch, i don’t talk bad about you behind your back. i don’t like that word, i hesitated to even save the pin because of it. interesting that you ask, when i would bet that my name hasn’t crossed your lips in months.
i don’t know if i would care if you called me a bitch, well, of course i would, it’s an ugly word. but nothing could disgust me more than your indifference already has
-S
so after finishing the book, it crossed your mind to write after a month..good to know where i stand.
no, i don’t call you a bitch, i don’t talk bad about you behind your back. i don’t like that word, i hesitated to even save the pin because of it. interesting that you ask, when i would bet that my name hasn’t crossed your lips in months.
i don’t know if i would care if you called me a bitch, well, of course i would, it’s an ugly word. but nothing could disgust me more than your indifference already has
-S
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
emotional
medium-paced