A review by sophiesallade
A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories by Lucia Berlin

5.0

This book was the best thing I’ve read in years. A collection of short stories that is life changing. It’s about life, a whole life, all the good and the bad and the whole. It’s about raising a family, being an alcoholic, fighting for what you love through addiction. It’s about raw America, falling from affluence, poverty, drugs.. and at times it’s very hard to read. But every sentence is worth it. I truly cried deep sobs, and I laughed out loud and most importantly- I felt. It’s tender and scary and thoughtful and everyone should read this.
*I took little notes about each story after I was done reading, and it really helped me process everything.

Read half audio book/ half on paper.