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A review by lcolium
A Room Called Earth by Madeleine Ryan
5.0
This book was delightful.
My favorite quote is when the narrator calls out a partner who said something stupid and gives clear instructions on what he should have said: "You say that you cherish who I am, and the person that I have become, and the extent of the struggles that I've been through in relation to my gender, and to my body, and to my womanhood, and to the community. You say that you support me in participating or not participating in these strange, bar baric, cult-y rituals, which I have become susceptible to in the past, because I have wanted to belong at the expense sanity, and well-being. You say that of my you appreciate the level of detachment I've been able to cultivate in relation to something so contentious, and cruel, given the pain I clearly carry around inclusion, and exclusion, and having friends. You say that you're proud of me, and of who I am, and of the person that I've be come, and am becoming. You say that you honor me, and all of the choices that I make, and am going to make. Then you em phasize that you're incredibly proud to be with a woman who thinks, and feels, and explores things to such great depths, and with such discernment and compassion."
My favorite quote is when the narrator calls out a partner who said something stupid and gives clear instructions on what he should have said: "You say that you cherish who I am, and the person that I have become, and the extent of the struggles that I've been through in relation to my gender, and to my body, and to my womanhood, and to the community. You say that you support me in participating or not participating in these strange, bar baric, cult-y rituals, which I have become susceptible to in the past, because I have wanted to belong at the expense sanity, and well-being. You say that of my you appreciate the level of detachment I've been able to cultivate in relation to something so contentious, and cruel, given the pain I clearly carry around inclusion, and exclusion, and having friends. You say that you're proud of me, and of who I am, and of the person that I've be come, and am becoming. You say that you honor me, and all of the choices that I make, and am going to make. Then you em phasize that you're incredibly proud to be with a woman who thinks, and feels, and explores things to such great depths, and with such discernment and compassion."