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Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Toxic relationship, Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Grief, Abortion
Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Alcohol
Minor: Animal death, Death, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic
Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Infidelity, Medical content, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Toxic friendship, Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Cancer, Death, Drug use, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, War
Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Violence
Minor: Animal death, Death, Suicide, Abortion
Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Abortion, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic
Sheltering in place during the pandemic, Lara recounts for her daughters the story of her summer spent acting at Tom Lake.
Meryl Streep is one of the very best actors of our lifetimes (or ever) and she performs this audiobook with every ounce of that talent. I could truly listen to her monologue for hours on end, and so the narration made this audiobook an entertaining experience. If you’re a fan of Meryl, I can’t recommend it enough, and if you’re not, I have serious questions about your taste.
That said, this is also a book, and I…didn’t really enjoy the book. I found the plot pretty boring and never really “got” the point the novel was trying to make—it felt like nothing happened, I didn’t particularly like any of the characters, and I wasn’t remotely surprised by anything that happened in either timeline. Honestly, I cannot imagine reading this one in physical form, because the narration was the best part for me by far. In short, 3 stars for the book (being generous), an entire additional star for Meryl.
CW: Infidelity; injury; mentions of death; pandemic
Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Death, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic
never had i seen a place that made the tightness in my chest relax
the magic with which nell understands overwhelms me at times
i wish there had been someone with me so i didn’t have to ask all the stupid questions myself
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Blood, Alcohol
Moderate: Animal death, Death, Blood, Pandemic/Epidemic
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Alcohol
Moderate: Cancer, Rape, Abortion, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Animal death, Child death, Infidelity, Racism, Grief