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Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

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"It’s hard to explain how you can miss a place and want it with all your heart, and be utterly sure it will obliterate you the instant you touch down." (RIP Marvel Bar)

This is a tremendous book that hit too close to home for me, which meant I was on edge and half sick the whole time I was reading it. I mean, that means it's a fucking effective book but I think it's more suited for someone not so close to the issue (the issue being opioids and Virginia poverty and growing up around addicts). Every character was diamond clear cut and it was a capital b Book, a total epic. Well done, but I will never read it again. 

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DID NOT FINISH: 58%

Obliged to return to library. Misery upon misery. And yet some of it grew on me. Some of the passages are emotionally enchanting. 

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‘To be here was to be known.’

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Initially DNF'd at page 53, but as was on Women's prize longlist, i picked it up again & devoured it over a few days. Loved Demon's voice & resilience.

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