A review by enidsorko
Self-Portrait with Boy by Rachel Lyon

3.0

Overall, I enjoyed this read about a struggling artist, squatting in warehouses filled with other artists in 1990s Brooklyn, but part of that may be due to the fact that I remember this NY. The ghost aspect of the story didn't really go with the other bits, IMO- the parts devoted to how she worked on her art, her various crappy jobs, her awkward social interactions and such were much more interesting and had a better flow for me. If the ghost part didn't exist, or had been handled differently, this would have been 4 stars for me.