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emiliaduncan 's review for:
Jane: A Murder
by Maggie Nelson
This memoir examines the death of the author’s aunt Jane, with a combination of the author’s poetry, her aunt’s childhood journal entries & prose all attempting to understand Jane’s murder.
I like that it isn’t so much about the grim details of the murder, but about the woman herself, who she was in all her darkness and light.
It’s also about the scars her murder leaves on her family, even those who never met her. The way ancestral trauma is woven into our bones, whether we like it or not.
The author is attempting to transform this pain & the ghosts that haunt her into something physical, trying to make sense of an awful tragedy.
A super quick read & really beautifully written.
I like that it isn’t so much about the grim details of the murder, but about the woman herself, who she was in all her darkness and light.
It’s also about the scars her murder leaves on her family, even those who never met her. The way ancestral trauma is woven into our bones, whether we like it or not.
The author is attempting to transform this pain & the ghosts that haunt her into something physical, trying to make sense of an awful tragedy.
A super quick read & really beautifully written.