A review by giantjackalopes
Costalegre: A Novel Inspired by Peggy Guggenheim and Her Daughter by Courtney Maum

5.0

What if you decided to choose your own way? What if you followed the tiger into the woods instead of staying behind? This book was a quick read for me, but I never put it down! It’s deeply full of flora and fauna like a pop up book but for adults! The tension of whether or not a daughter will fall into her mother’s whims or if she will pursue her own life and desires builds so that the tiger in the jungle is more ferocious than expected. This book was magical and uplifting and especially important for those who identify with the struggle to adopt a identity while bracing multiple possibilities of what you could have been.