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emotional
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
A beautifully written, unusually structured memoir told in the third person, of the translator Jennifer Croft. I’ve read a few of Croft’s translations and she is hugely talented, so I’m glad for Charco Press’s new Untranslated series for allowing Croft to tell her own story, as opposed to translating others’.
She explores her relationship with her chronically ill sister, the beginning of her love affair with languages and grammar, her brushes with trauma like suicide at far too young an age. The short chapters make it addictive, but there’s no less depth because of the shortness of the chapters.
Loved it!
She explores her relationship with her chronically ill sister, the beginning of her love affair with languages and grammar, her brushes with trauma like suicide at far too young an age. The short chapters make it addictive, but there’s no less depth because of the shortness of the chapters.
Loved it!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Chronic illness, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Suicide
Moderate: Sexual assault and Vomit
Minor: Gun violence
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