A review by moth_dance
In the Dream House: A Memoir by Carmen Maria Machado

5.0

A journey unlike any other. A concoction of fears and hopes and desires and pain and laughter.

Carmen writes with the patience of [a:Francesca Lia Block|9072|Francesca Lia Block|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1530045619p2/9072.jpg], the wildness of [a:Anaïs Nin|7190|Anaïs Nin|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1468617897p2/7190.jpg], and the honesty of [a:Sandra Cisneros|13234|Sandra Cisneros|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1342038396p2/13234.jpg].

I started ugly crying at page 20. I had a fit of laughter at page 176. I had to face some of my own minor trauma at page 209. And I felt seen after page 1.