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A review by elvang
Goodnight, Beautiful Women by Anna Nóyes
5.0
This is a haunting collection of stories. All are dark and speak of despair and struggle, of hope and endurance. As the title suggests, each story involves women at various ages and stages in their life. There are over protective parents trying to keep their children from harm and parents who “only saved me from foster care for the welfare cheques.” Many touch on life changing moments, of nature versus nurture, of mental illness and the effect it has on a family, an individual.
The writing is rich, powerful and raw. This quote from Hibernation;
“In the morning the sheets smelled like soup from her sweat.Her mouth tastes like pennies.”72
And this quote from Treelaw;
“The water’s many hands swim up and hold her, pressing her body to the sky.” 167
I had my favourites; Hibernation, Treelaw, Glow Baby, Werewolf and This is Who She Was. I could have listed all of the stories as there is not a weak one in the collection.
Good Night, Beautiful Women is a beautiful, often tragic and always thought-provoking book and its author, Anna Noyes is one to add to your must read list.
ARC received with thanks from Grove Press via NetGalley for review
The writing is rich, powerful and raw. This quote from Hibernation;
“In the morning the sheets smelled like soup from her sweat.Her mouth tastes like pennies.”72
And this quote from Treelaw;
“The water’s many hands swim up and hold her, pressing her body to the sky.” 167
I had my favourites; Hibernation, Treelaw, Glow Baby, Werewolf and This is Who She Was. I could have listed all of the stories as there is not a weak one in the collection.
Good Night, Beautiful Women is a beautiful, often tragic and always thought-provoking book and its author, Anna Noyes is one to add to your must read list.
ARC received with thanks from Grove Press via NetGalley for review