maddandroid 's review for:

Love and Other Alien Experiences by Kerry Winfrey

4.0

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I've been interested in agoraphobia since I heard about Hikikomori about 10 years ago. It's even more severe than Mallory's agoraphobia and it effects over a million Japanese people, at least half of them young people. After the last year and a half where the only space that I actually feel safe is at home, thanks for that covid. I knew I had to read this book. It's great because Mallory is a great flawed character who

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with a little help from family and friends manages to turn around her illness. Giving me hope as well that when it really is safe again outside I'll be able to deal with society again.